CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5252

Published: Dec 29, 2015 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Samba Samba 3.0.0 (including) 4.1.22 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.2.0 (including) 4.2.7 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.3.0 (including) 4.3.3 (excluding)

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