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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.2/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79733Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290288Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4278ef25f64d5fdbf432ff1534e275416ec9561e
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-5252.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79733Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290288Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4278ef25f64d5fdbf432ff1534e275416ec9561e
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-5252.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 29, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified