Unscored severity · published Jun 8, 2013
CVE-2011-1585
The cifs_find_smb_ses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allows local…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The cifs_find_smb_ses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allows local users to bypass CIFS share authentication by leveraging a mount of a share by a different user.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.36 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1585
Release Notes
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/8
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697394
Exploit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
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