CVE-2007-2444

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    CVE-2007-2444

    Published: 14 May 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High