CVE-2007-6015

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the send_mailslot function in nmbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.27a, when the "domain logons" option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GETDC mailslot request composed of a long GETDC string following an offset username in a SAMLOGON logon request.

Published: 2007-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6015 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 48.86%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2007-6015

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4732 exploit_db edb 2007-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6015

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 2026-04-08 42.67% 48.86% +6.19%
2 2026-03-25 43.92% 42.67% -1.25%
3 2026-03-02 — 43.92% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6015

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6015

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6015

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2007-6015 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-2007-6015
gentoo high CVE-2007-6015: 1 GLSA(s) (200712-10), 1 atom(s) (net-fs/samba); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6015
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6015
suse critical CVE-2007-6015 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-2007-6015/
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-6015 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6015

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6015

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.0a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.1a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.3a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.7a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.8a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 3.0.20 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 3.0.23a 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25b cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.25c cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.26 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.26a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.26a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.27 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6015

URL Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200773
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Feb/msg00002.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120524782005154&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/27760 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27894
http://secunia.com/advisories/27977
http://secunia.com/advisories/27993
http://secunia.com/advisories/27999
http://secunia.com/advisories/28003
http://secunia.com/advisories/28028
http://secunia.com/advisories/28029
http://secunia.com/advisories/28037
http://secunia.com/advisories/28067
http://secunia.com/advisories/28089
http://secunia.com/advisories/28891
http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
http://secunia.com/advisories/29341
http://secunia.com/advisories/30484
http://secunia.com/advisories/30835
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-99/advisory/ Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-10.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3438
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.451554
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238251-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019295.1-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-520.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1427
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/438395 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:244
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_68_samba.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1114.html Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1117.html
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-6015.html Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484818/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484825/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484827/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485144/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26791
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019065
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-556-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043B.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4153
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0495/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0859/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1712/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1908
http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01475657
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38965
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1976
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11572
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5605
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00304.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00308.html
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