CVE-2020-25717

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way Samba maps domain users to local users. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause possible privilege escalation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	samba	samba 4.15.2, samba 4.14.10, samba 4.13.14

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019672Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019672Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 18, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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