Privilege escalation in Samba
CVE-2020-14318
A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to certain file and directory information which otherwise would be unavailable to the attacker.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Samba
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Red Hat Storage — versions 3.0
- Samba — versions samba 4.11.15, samba 4.12.9, samba 4.13.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14318.html (Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14318?
- CVE-2020-14318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-12-03.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14318?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-14318 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.