Vulnerability in HP Cifs Server

CVE-2017-12151

A flaw was found in the way samba client before samba 4.4.16, samba 4.5.14 and samba 4.6.8 used encryption with the max protocol set as SMB3. The connection could lose the requirement for signing and encrypting to any DFS redirects, allowing an attacker to read or alter the contents of the connection via a man-in-the-middle attack.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.041 (90.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-12151: held from 0.046 to 0.041.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.041 · change: -0.005

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12151?
CVE-2017-12151 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Cifs Server, classified under Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-12151?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.