VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0926

CVSS score3.5 LOW
EPSS probability30.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-03-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The default configuration of smbd in Samba before 3.3.11, 3.4.x before 3.4.6, and 3.5.x before 3.5.0rc3, when a writable share exists, allows remote authenticated users to leverage a directory traversal vulnerability, and access arbitrary files, by using the symlink command in smbclient to create a symlink containing .. (dot dot) sequences, related to the combination of the unix extensions and wide links options.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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