CVE-2015-7560

MEDIUM

Samba <4.1.23, <4.2.9, <4.3.6, <4.4.0rc4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The SMB1 implementation in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary ACLs by using a UNIX SMB1 call to create a symlink, and then using a non-UNIX SMB1 call to write to the ACL content.

References (19)

Core 19
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84267
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00081.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00063.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00090.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035220
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178764.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00064.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7560.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11648
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180000.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178730.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00092.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00065.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3514

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0399
EPSS Percentile 88.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
samba/samba 4.4.0 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
samba/samba 3.2.0 - 4.1.23
Published Mar 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026