Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0086
CVE-2003-0086
Description
The code for writing reg files in Samba before 2.2.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a race condition involving chown.
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Affected products
23cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.2.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
14- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-262nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7107nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030302-01-Invd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/8299nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/8303nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-11.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_016_samba.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-095.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-096.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316165/30/25370/threadednvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A554nvd
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