Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting samba package, versions [,2.2.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SAMBA-2370476
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Mar 2003
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Mar 2003

CVE-2003-0086  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade samba to version 2.2.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The code for writing reg files in Samba before 2.2.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a race condition involving chown.

References

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