CVE-2022-3592
MEDIUMSamba 4.17.0-4.17.1 - Symbolic Link Following via SMB1 Unix Extensions or NFS
Title source: llmDescription
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776
Vendor Advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0243
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-61
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
samba/samba
4.17.0 - 4.17.2
Published
Jan 12, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026