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CVE-2021-44141

Published: Feb 21, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 37.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

All versions of Samba prior to 4.15.5 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a server symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. SMB1 with unix extensions has to be enabled in order for this attack to succeed.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200CWE-59

Affected Products

samba
oss-project·DE
sambaLibraryLibrary
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
storageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Samba Team
oss-project·AUaka samba
SambaLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
security.gentoo.org
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-44141.html
samba.org
https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/
redos.red-soft.ru
and 8 more references View all →

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