CVE-2015-5252

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 29, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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