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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-12150

A remote attacker could launch a man-in-the-middle attack and retrieve information in plain-text.

HIGH 7.4EPSS 13.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
13.17% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-300
Affected
samba/samba · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · redhat/gluster storage · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%27 October 2026: 13.17%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 13.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.