CVE-2016-2124
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: February 18, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
24 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A flaw was found in the way samba implemented SMB1 authentication. An attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the plaintext password sent over the wire even if Kerberos authentication was required.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019660MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2124.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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