CVE-2006-1864

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1864
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-26 18:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in smbfs 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-2006-1863.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.003020000 probability, percentile 0.536000000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16_rc7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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usn/usn-302-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
189435 – CVE-2006-1864 smbfs chroot issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Ubuntu update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMware ESX Server 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 2 (for 2.0.2 Systems) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 1 (for 2.5.4 Systems Only) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1097-1 kernel-source-2.4.27 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Linux Kernel SMBFS CHRoot Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 2 (for 2.1.3 Systems Only) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/25067 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1103-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ASA-2006-254 (RHSA-2006-0710) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
ASA-2006-161 (RHSA-2006-0493) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Linux Kernel SMBFS chroot Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.27 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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