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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2015-7560

CVE-2015-7560

MEDIUM6.5

The SMB1 implementation in smbd in Samba 3

Published Mar 13, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The SMB1 implementation in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary ACLs by using a UNIX SMB1 call to create a symlink, and then using a non-UNIX SMB1 call to write to the ACL content.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178730.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178764.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00063.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00064.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00065.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00081.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00090.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00092.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3514

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84267

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035220

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11648

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05121842

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7560

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7560.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMar 13, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2015-7560 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence