smb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via…
Priority LOW 11Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
smb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via a symlink attack on the (1) smb4k.tmp or (2) sudoers temporary files.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00364 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2851
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m29r-x48f-4j3v
References
Advisory 1
More Smb4k vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-00462 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in utilities/smb4k_*.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4
- TI-2007-00459 Multiple race conditions in Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users to (1) modify arbitrary… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.7
- TI-2007-00461 Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users, when present on the Smb4K sudoers list, to kill… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3
- TI-2007-00460 The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve… CVSS 2.0LOW 1.9
Sources
- CVE-2005-2851 · CVE Program
- CVE-2005-2851 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m29r-x48f-4j3v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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