CVE-2007-2407

The Samba server on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10, when Windows file sharing is enabled, does not enforce disk quotas after dropping privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to use disk space in excess of quota.

Published: 2007-08-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2407 is rated Moderate Risk (43.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.42%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2407

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 6.25% 3.42% -2.83%
2 2026-05-05 2.90% 6.25% +3.35%
3 2026-03-22 — 2.90% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2407

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2407

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2407

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2007-2407 unimportant 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-2007-2407
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2407
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2407 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (samba), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2407

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-2407

  • Red Hat (2007-08-09T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This flaw is specific to Mac OS X and does not affect any version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2407

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba_server — cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2407

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