Path Traversal in Samba
CVE-2019-10197
A flaw was found in samba versions 4.9.x up to 4.9.13, samba 4.10.x up to 4.10.8 and samba 4.11.x up to 4.11.0rc3, when certain parameters were set in the samba configuration file. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to escape the shared directory and access the contents of directories outside the share.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Samba — versions samba 4.9.x up to 4.9.13, 4.9.0, 4.10.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 19.04
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)
- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2019-10197.html (Vendor Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190903-0001/ (Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4121-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4513 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00045.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10197?
- CVE-2019-10197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-03.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10197?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-10197 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.