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CVE-2001-0406

LOW severity · CVSS 2.1
2.1CVSS LOW

Summary

Samba before 2.2.0 allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using (1) a printer queue query, (2) the more command in smbclient, or (3) the mput command in smbclient.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0305.html ↗