CVE-2022-3592 (GCVE-0-2022-3592)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 15:14
VLAI
Summary
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-08 15:14 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-61 - - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1046 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a samba Affected: Affects samba since 4.17.0, Fixed samba 4.17.2.
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