High severity · published Dec 29, 2015
CVE-2015-5252
vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers…
7.2
CVSS
13.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions via a symlink that points outside of a share.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.3% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
SA
Samba · Samba
3.0.0 before 4.1.22; 4.2.0 before 4.2.7; 4.3.0 before 4.3.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5252
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5252
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html
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