Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2025
CVE-2022-3592
CVE-2022-3592
Description
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.
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)
- osv-coordsRange: < 4.17.2+git.273.a55a83528b9-1.1
Patches
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