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CVE-2007-2444 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
samba samba	3.0.23d 3.0.24 3.0.25 pre2
CPE 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:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	4.0 5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 6.10 7.04
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 15, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2007-2444 Details

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