Is CVE-2017-7494 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-7494 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-22.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-7494?

CVE-2017-7494 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2017-7494?

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Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2017-7494?

5 products: samba samba, samba samba, samba samba, samba samba, debian debian linux.

Description

Samba since version 3.5.0 and before 4.6.4, 4.5.10 and 4.4.14 is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and then cause the server to load and execute it.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-94 · Code Injection CWE-94 · Code Injection

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SAMBA
Published: 5/30/2017
Last Modified: 10/22/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2017-7494

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