Path Traversal in Samba
CVE-2019-10218
A flaw was found in the samba client, all samba versions before samba 4.11.2, 4.10.10 and 4.9.15, where a malicious server can supply a pathname to the client with separators. This could allow the client to access files and folders outside of the SMB network pathnames. An attacker could use this vulnerability to create files outside of the current working directory using the privileges of the client user.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.034 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Samba — versions all samba versions before samba 4.11.2, 4.10.10 and 4.9.15
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 31
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2019-10218.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_35
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party 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)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00023.html (mailing-list)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00013.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10218?
- CVE-2019-10218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10218?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.