RETIRED: Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:39898

Info

RETIRED: Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 39898
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 04 2010 12:00AM
Updated: May 11 2010 06:02PM
Credit: Unknown
Vulnerable: Samba Samba 3.4.7
Samba Samba 3.4.6
Samba Samba 3.4.5
Samba Samba 3.4.2
Samba Samba 3.4.1
Samba Samba 3.3.12
Samba Samba 3.3.11
Samba Samba 3.3.10
Samba Samba 3.3.8
Samba Samba 3.3.7
Samba Samba 3.3.6
Samba Samba 3.3.5
Samba Samba 3.0.37
Samba Samba 3.0.36
Samba Samba 3.0.35
Samba Samba 3.0.34
Samba Samba 3.0.33
Samba Samba 3.0.32
Samba Samba 3.0.30
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Samba Samba 3.0.29
Samba Samba 3.0.28 a
Samba Samba 3.0.28
Samba Samba 3.0.27
Samba Samba 3.0.26
Samba Samba 3.0.25 rc3
Samba Samba 3.0.25 rc2
Samba Samba 3.0.25 rc1
Samba Samba 3.0.25 pre2
Samba Samba 3.0.25 pre1
Samba Samba 3.0.25 c
Samba Samba 3.0.25 b
Samba Samba 3.0.25 a
Samba Samba 3.0.25
Samba Samba 3.0.24
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Samba Samba 3.0.22
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
Samba Samba 3.0.21
Samba Samba 3.0.20
+ Slackware Linux 10.2
Samba Samba 3.0.14
Samba Samba 3.0.13
Samba Samba 3.0.12
Samba Samba 3.0.11
Samba Samba 3.0.10
+ Slackware Linux 10.1
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
Samba Samba 3.0.9
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
Samba Samba 3.0.8
Samba Samba 3.0.7
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Samba Samba 3.0.6
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Samba Samba 3.0.5
Samba Samba 3.0.4 -r1
Samba Samba 3.0.4
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 10.0
Samba Samba 3.0.3
Samba Samba 3.0.2 a
Samba Samba 3.0.2
Samba Samba 3.0.1
Samba Samba 3.0 alpha
Samba Samba 3.0
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Samba Samba 3.0.27a
Samba Samba 3.0.26a
Samba Samba 3.0.23d
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
Samba Samba 3.0.23c
+ Slackware Linux 11.0
Samba Samba 3.0.23b
Samba Samba 3.0.23a
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Samba Samba 3.0.21c
Samba Samba 3.0.21b
Samba Samba 3.0.21a
Samba Samba 3.0.20b
Samba Samba 3.0.20a
Samba Samba 3.0.14a
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Samba is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the 'mount.cifs' utility.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on affected computers.

NOTE: This BID is being retired as a duplicate of BID 37992 (Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit the issue.

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

RETIRED: Samba 'mount.cifs' Utility Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:
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