CVE-2022-3592

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/01/2023

Last modified:

08/04/2025

Description

A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make &#39;smbd&#39; escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the &#39;smbd&#39; configured share path and gain access to another restricted server&#39;s filesystem.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba::::::::	4.17.0 (including)	4.17.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-3592

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools