7.2
HIGH
CVE-2007-2444
Samba Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description

Logic error in the SID/Name translation functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.23d through 3.0.25pre2 allows local users to gain temporary privileges and execute SMB/CIFS protocol operations via unspecified vectors that cause the daemon to transition to the root user.

INFO

Published Date :

May 14, 2007, 9:19 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 29, 2022, 8:19 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-2444 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Samba samba
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-2444.

URL Resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980 Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/34698 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25232 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25241 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25246 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25251 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25256 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25259 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25270 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25289 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25675 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25772 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2701 Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.475906 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102964-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200588-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1291 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:104 Broken Link
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2444.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23974 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018049 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1805 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2210 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2281 Permissions Required
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1366 Broken Link

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-2444 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-2444 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980 No Types Assigned http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.html No Types Assigned http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/34698 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/34698 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25232 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25232 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25241 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25241 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25246 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25246 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25251 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25251 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25256 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25256 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25259 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25259 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25270 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25270 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25289 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25289 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25675 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25675 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25772 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25772 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2701 No Types Assigned http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2701 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.475906 No Types Assigned http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.475906 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102964-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102964-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200588-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200588-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1291 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1291 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:104 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:104 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html No Types Assigned http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2444.html Patch http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2444.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23974 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23974 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018049 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018049 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ No Types Assigned http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1805 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1805 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2210 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2210 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2281 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2281 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1366 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1366 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-2444 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2444 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

13.80 }} -5.01%

score

0.95737

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability