CVE-2020-25717
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 18, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:07 AM UTC
25 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A flaw was found in the way Samba maps domain users to local users. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause possible privilege escalation.
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 (3)
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019672MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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