March 30, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2017-7494 — Samba Samba
known ransomware use
Samba Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-03-30- Federal due date
2023-04-20- Vendor
- Samba
- Product
- Samba
- EPSS
- 99.9th percentile (score 0.942, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7494
CISA short description
Samba contains a remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share and then cause the server to load and execute it.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.