EIP-2026-118875

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Windows 95/Windows for Workgroups - 'smbclient' Directory Traversal

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-118875. PoCs published by Dan Shearer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in Samba's SMB protocol implementation, where a modified client can bypass input validation to access restricted files. The exploit involves using 'cd ../' or 'cd ...' commands to traverse directories.

Description

Microsoft Windows 95/Windows for Workgroups - 'smbclient' Directory Traversal

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Dan Shearer · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20371

This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in Samba's SMB protocol implementation, where a modified client can bypass input validation to access restricted files. The exploit involves using 'cd ../' or 'cd ...' commands to traverse directories.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Samba (Microsoft SMB implementation for Windows 95 build 490.r6 and Windows for Workgroups)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Samba server · Modified SMB client to bypass input validation
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026