CVE-2017-12163

An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba before 4.4.16, 4.5.x before 4.5.14, and 4.6.x before 4.6.8. A malicious client could use this flaw to dump server memory contents to a file on the samba share or to a shared printer, though the exact area of server memory cannot be controlled by the attacker.

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-2017-12163 is rated Moderate Risk (52.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.38%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.76% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12163

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 2026-03-13 39.61% 41.38% +1.76%
2 2026-03-10 57.92% 39.61% -18.31%
3 2026-02-09 — 57.92% —

Full EPSS history (29 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12163

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.5 2.5 [email protected]
7.1 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 4.2 [email protected]
4.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 6.5 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12163

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12163

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2017-12163: 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-2017-12163
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-12163 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-2017-12163
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12163
suse medium CVE-2017-12163 severity moderate: SUSE including 1199 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, …), 1970 product×package rows across 58 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (58 product lines)): Fixed 1547, Known Not Affected 266, Known Affected 157. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12163/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-12163 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-2017-12163

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12163

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba < 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-2017-12163

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925 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-2017-12163 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-2017-12163.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba Mitigation Third Party Advisory
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