{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849","details":"smb4k before 2.0.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify arguments to the mount helper DBUS service.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:19Z","published":"2017-05-17T14:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-8849"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8849"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8849"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"smb4k","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/smb4k@1.1.2-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.1.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"smb4k","binary_version":"1.1.2-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}