Is CVE-2007-2444 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2444 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2444?

CVE-2007-2444 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-2444

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
EPSS score: 0.8% (56th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-2439)
Published: May 14, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2439 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
samba / samba
samba / samba
samba / samba

References

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

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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