Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0926
CVE-2010-0926
Description
The default configuration of smbd in Samba before 3.3.11, 3.4.x before 3.4.6, and 3.5.x before 3.5.0rc3, when a writable share exists, allows remote authenticated users to leverage a directory traversal vulnerability, and access arbitrary files, by using the symlink command in smbclient to create a symlink containing .. (dot dot) sequences, related to the combination of the unix extensions and wide links options.
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Affected products
20cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 18 more
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.3.11, <3.4.6, <3.5.0rc3
Patches
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References
35- www.samba.org/samba/news/symlink_attack.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-02/0083.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-02/0107.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-02/0108.htmlnvd
- blog.metasploit.com/2010/02/exploiting-samba-symlink-traversal.htmlnvd
- gitweb.samba.orgnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.htmlnvd
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- secunia.com/advisories/39317nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/06/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/05/3nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cginvd
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