CVE-2025-66003 (GCVE-0-2025-66003)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-08 14:58 – Updated: 2026-01-08 15:43
VLAI
Title
Local users can perform a local root exploit via smb4k mounthelper
Summary
An External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in smb4k allowsl ocal users to perform a local root exploit via smb4k mounthelper if they can access and control the contents of a Samba shareThis issue affects smb4k: from ? before 4.0.5.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-08 15:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Assigner
suse CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 78/100 over 101 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
https://github.com/KDE/ smb4k Affected: ? , < 4.0.5 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-12-10 11:00
Credits
Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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