CVE-2007-0454

Format string vulnerability in the afsacl.so VFS module in Samba 3.0.6 through 3.0.23d allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename on an AFS file system, which is not properly handled during Windows ACL mapping.

Published: 2007-02-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-0454 is rated Moderate Risk (60.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.41%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0454

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-25 4.94% 4.41% -0.53%
2 2025-04-23 4.64% 4.94% +0.30%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.64% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0454

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0454

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0454

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2007-0454 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0454
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0454: 1 GLSA(s) (200702-01), 1 atom(s) (net-fs/samba); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0454
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0454
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0454 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (samba), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0454

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-0454

  • Red Hat (2007-05-14T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. These issues affect the AFS ACL module which is not distributed with Samba in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0454

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.14a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.14a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.20a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.20b cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.20b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.21a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.21b cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.21c cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.23d cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2006 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2006 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2006:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linuxsoft_2007 — cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linuxsoft_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linuxsoft_2007 — cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linuxsoft_2007:*:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0454

URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/33101
http://secunia.com/advisories/24021 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24046 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24060 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24067 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24101 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24145 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017588
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.476916
http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-0454.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1257
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-01.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649732 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:034
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459179/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459365/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22403 Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-419-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0483 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32304
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1005
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