6.9

CVE-2007-4138: samba

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-4138
Published 14-09-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4138 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 14-09-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Winbind nss_info extension (nsswitch/idmap_ad.c) in idmap_ad.so in Samba 3.0.25 through 3.0.25c, when the "winbind nss info" option is set to rfc2307 or sfu, grants all local users the privileges of gid 0 when the (1) RFC2307 or (2) Services for UNIX (SFU) primary group attribute is not defined.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.72% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • samba< 3.0.26-1
Samba1 product
  • sambaEOL3.0.25 | 3.0.25a | 3.0.25b | 3.0.25c

2 vendors · 2 products

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