CVE-2015-5252

vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions via a symlink that points outside of a share.

• CWE-264

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79733Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290288Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4278ef25f64d5fdbf432ff1534e275416ec9561e
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47Third Party Advisory
• https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-5252.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79733Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290288Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4278ef25f64d5fdbf432ff1534e275416ec9561e
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47Third Party Advisory
• https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-5252.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory

Published

Dec 29, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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