Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-8849  

Smb4k <= 2.0.0 contains a logic flaw in which mount helper binary does not properly verify the mount command it is being asked to run. This allows calling any other binary as root since the mount helper is typically installed as suid.

Severity High

Remote No

Type Privilege escalation

Description

Smb4k <= 2.0.0 contains a logic flaw in which mount helper binary does not properly verify the mount command it is being asked to run. This allows calling any other binary as root since the mount helper is typically installed as suid.

AVG-268 smb4k 2.0.0-1 2.0.0-2 High Fixed

10 May 2017 ASA-201705-11 AVG-268 smb4k High privilege escalation

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/240
https://commits.kde.org/smb4k/a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e