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CVE-2007-0473· NVD / CVE Program· CNA canonical

The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve /etc/sudoers permissions across modifications, which

The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve /etc/sudoers permissions across modifications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (/etc/sudoers contents) by reading this file.

LowCVSS 1.9 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 3, 2007
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 28th percentile
CWE
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Action score

7

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
7 / 40 · 1.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
smb4ksmb4k

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • smb4k smb4k0.4
  • smb4k smb4k0.5
  • smb4k smb4k0.6
  • smb4k smb4k0.7

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13smb4kbefore 0.8.0-10.8.0-1

Same product

smb4k: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-0475Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in utilities/smb4k_*.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users, when present on the Smb4K sudoers li
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2007-0472Multiple race conditions in Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users to (1) modify arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations of Smb4K's lock
    14Monitor
  • CVE-2007-0474Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users, when present on the Smb4K sudoers list, to kill arbitrary processes, related to a "design issue with s
    13Monitor
  • CVE-2005-2851smb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via a symlink attack on the (1) smb4k.tmp or (2) sudoer
    8Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:smb4k0.8.0-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    References

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