CVE-2017-12163 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-12163

Vendor Samba
Product Samba
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published July 26, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

4.1/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba before 4.4.16, 4.5.x before 4.5.14, and 4.6.x before 4.6.8. A malicious client could use this flaw to dump server memory contents to a file on the samba share or to a shared printer, though the exact area of server memory cannot be controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 26, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated