CVE-2021-44141
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 21, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:11 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraSAMBAStorage
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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
All versions of Samba prior to 4.15.5 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a server symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. SMB1 with unix extensions has to be enabled in order for this attack to succeed.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-44141.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-59
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