CVE-2007-2446

Exp

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the NDR parsing in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.25rc3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MS-RPC requests involving (1) DFSEnum (netdfs_io_dfs_EnumInfo_d), (2) RFNPCNEX (smb_io_notify_option_type_data), (3) LsarAddPrivilegesToAccount (lsa_io_privilege_set), (4) NetSetFileSecurity (sec_io_acl), or (5) LsarLookupSids/LsarLookupSids2 (lsa_io_trans_names).

Published: 2007-05-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2446 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.13%, 100th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2446

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16859 exploit_db edb 2010-07-14 Exploit-DB ↗
16329 exploit_db edb 2010-04-05 Exploit-DB ↗
16875 exploit_db edb 2010-04-05 Exploit-DB ↗
9950 exploit_db edb 2007-05-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2446

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 2026-06-07 89.17% 90.13% +0.95%
2 2026-06-04 88.95% 89.17% +0.22%
3 2025-12-31 — 88.95% —

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2446

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2446

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2446

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2007-2446 high 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-2007-2446
gentoo high CVE-2007-2446: 1 GLSA(s) (200705-15), 1 atom(s) (net-fs/samba); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-2446
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2446
suse critical CVE-2007-2446 severity critical: SUSE including 232 source package names (cifs-mount-3.4.3-1.17.2, cifs-utils-5.1-0.11.1, …), 232 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (9 product lines)): Fixed 232. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2446/
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2446 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-2007-2446

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2446

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.2a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 3.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 3.0.23 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.23a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.23b cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.23c cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.23d cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.24 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2446

URL Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01067768
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.html
http://osvdb.org/34699
http://osvdb.org/34731
http://osvdb.org/34733
http://secunia.com/advisories/25232 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25241 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25246 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25251 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25256 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25257 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25259 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25270 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25289
http://secunia.com/advisories/25391/
http://secunia.com/advisories/25567
http://secunia.com/advisories/25675
http://secunia.com/advisories/25772
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28292
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2702
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.475906
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102964-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200588-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1291
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/773720 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:104
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html
http://www.osvdb.org/34732
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0354.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2446.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468542/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468672/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468673/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468674/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468675/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468680/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23973
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24195
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24196
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24197
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24198
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018050
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1805
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2079
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2210
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2281
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0050
http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX08_001.pdf
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-029.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-030.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-031.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-032.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-033.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34309
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34311
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34312
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34314
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34316
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1366
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11415
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