Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0811. PoCs published by Gerald Britton.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow in smbmount from smbfs-2.0.1, leveraging the USER or LOGNAME environment variables to execute arbitrary code as root. The shellcode is designed to survive toupper() filtering and spawns a root shell.
Description
Buffer overflow in Samba smbd program via a malformed message command.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Gerald Britton · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19428
This exploit targets a buffer overflow in smbmount from smbfs-2.0.1, leveraging the USER or LOGNAME environment variables to execute arbitrary code as root. The shellcode is designed to survive toupper() filtering and spawns a root shell.
Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
smbfs-2.0.1 (smbmount)
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
smbmount must be setuid root · attacker must be able to set environment variables
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/536
Scores
EPSS
0.0258
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
samba/samba
2.0.4
Published
Jul 21, 1999
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026