HP-UX CIFS Unspecified Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

BID:20179

Info

HP-UX CIFS Unspecified Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20179
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 17 2006 06:14PM
Credit: The vendor reported this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.11
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX CIFS Unspecified Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

HP-UX CIFS (Samba) is prone to an unspecified vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem affects SMB-mounted filesystems ('cifs'). A local attacker can exploit this issue to bypass the security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the filesystem. This may allow the attacker to escalate their privileges and then conduct further exploits.

Versions of HP CIFS Server (Samba) up to and including A.02.02.01 are affected.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX CIFS Unspecified Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

HP-UX CIFS Unspecified Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released HP-UX CIFS Server (Samba) version A.02.03 to address this issue.

Please see the referenced vendor advisory for information on obtaining an update.

References

HP-UX CIFS Unspecified Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

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