CVE-2007-0474

Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users, when present on the Smb4K sudoers list, to kill arbitrary processes, related to a "design issue with smb4k_kill."

Published: 2007-02-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0474 is rated Low Risk (23/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0474

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 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.35% +0.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0474

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0474

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0474

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-0474 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (smb4k), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0474
gentoo high CVE-2007-0474: 1 GLSA(s) (200703-09), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/smb4k); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0474
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0474 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (smb4k), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0474

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0474

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
smb4k smb4k 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smb4k smb4k 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smb4k smb4k 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smb4k smb4k 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0474

URL Tags
http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=9631&group_id=769
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11706
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11902
http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=9777
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23937 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23984
http://secunia.com/advisories/24111
http://secunia.com/advisories/24469
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:042
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22299
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0393
https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/smb4k-announce/2006-December/000037.html Patch
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