6.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.2%
Samba is prone to a symlinc race vulnerability which can allow
metadata read and modify outside of the exported share.
# Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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#
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#
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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CPE = "cpe:/a:samba:samba";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.147401");
script_version("2023-10-19T05:05:21+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-19 05:05:21 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-01-12 02:22:26 +0000 (Wed, 12 Jan 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-08-26 18:05:00 +0000 (Fri, 26 Aug 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20316");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Samba Symlink Race Vulnerability (CVE-2021-20316)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("smb_nativelanman.nasl", "gb_samba_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("samba/smb_or_ssh/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Samba is prone to a symlinc race vulnerability which can allow
metadata read and modify outside of the exported share.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A malicious client can use a symlink race to access or modify
file or directory metadata information outside of the exported share. The user must have
permissions to read or write the metadata on the accessed file or directory.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Samba prior to version 4.15.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.15.0 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.15.0.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-20316.html");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.15.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.15.0", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
6.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.2%