CVE-2017-12150

It was found that samba before 4.4.16, 4.5.x before 4.5.14, and 4.6.x before 4.6.8 did not enforce "SMB signing" when certain configuration options were enabled. A remote attacker could launch a man-in-the-middle attack and retrieve information in plain-text.

Published: 2018-07-26 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-12150 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.10%, 96th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12150

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 2026-05-29 21.25% 22.10% +0.85%
2 2026-05-27 21.00% 21.25% +0.25%
3 2026-05-24 — 21.00% —

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12150

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 5.2 [email protected]
7.4 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12150

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12150

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2017-12150: 1 source package rows (samba); 10 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12150
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-12150 not yet assigned 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-2017-12150
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12150
suse high CVE-2017-12150 severity important: SUSE including 1193 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 1902 product×package rows across 58 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (58 product lines)): Fixed 1547, Known Not Affected 198, Known Affected 157. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12150/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-12150 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12150

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12150

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba >= 3.0.25, < 4.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.14 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat gluster_storage 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12150

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100918 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12150 Issue Tracking Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03775en_us Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170921-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983 Third Party Advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12150.html Patch Vendor Advisory
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