VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0787

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-03-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

client/mount.cifs.c in mount.cifs in smbfs in Samba 3.0.22, 3.0.28a, 3.2.3, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, and 3.4.5 allows local users to mount a CIFS share on an arbitrary mountpoint, and gain privileges, via a symlink attack on the mountpoint directory file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references