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VRDA-100209-001
Samba Symbolic Link Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability
http://www.samba.org/samba/news/symlink_attack.html

Claimed Zero Day exploit in Samba.A user named "kcopedarookie" posted what they claim to be a video of a zero-day exploit in Samba on youtube yesterday.The video shows modifications to smbclient allowing /etc/passwd to be downloaded from a remote server.The issue is actually a default insecure configuration in Samba.




About This Analysis Information
Analysis Information Provider:
 		JPCERT/CC
 		First Published:
 		2010-02-09
Source Information Category:
 		Advisory, Alert
 		Last Updated:
 		2010-02-09




Affected Product Tags
cpe:/a:samba:samba     (Samba Samba)
 


Vulnerability Analysis Results
[Information Source Reliability] [?]
Low [?]

Medium [?]
X High [?]
[Impact Level] [?]
Low [?]

Low-Medium [?]
X Medium-High [?]
High [?]
[Access Required] [?]
Physical [?]

Local [?]
X Non-routed [?]
Routed [?]
[Authentication] [?]
Privileged [?]

X Standard [?]
Limited [?]
None or Unnecessary [?]
[User Interaction Required] [?]
Complex [?]

Simple [?]
X None [?]
[Technical Difficulty] [?]
High [?]

Medium-High [?]
Low-Medium [?]
Low [?]
[Availability of Remediation] [?]
Official Patch [?]

X Official Workaround [?]
Unofficial Patch [?]
None [?]
[Incident Activity] [?]
None [?]

X Exploit or PoC [?]
Activity Observed [?]
Alternatives




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