Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-1863
CVE-2006-1863
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in CIFS in Linux 2.6.16 and earlier allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-1864.
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References
19- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatch
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19868nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20398nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20914nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21614nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103nvd
- www.kernel.org/git/nvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.11nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/25068nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17742nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1542nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26141nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10383nvd
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