CVE-2010-0787 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a symlink vulnerability in the Samba mount utility to mount shares on arbitrary directories and escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0787?
CVE-2010-0787 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 2 Mar 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
client/mount.cifs.c in mount.cifs in smbfs in Samba 3.0.22, 3.0.28a, 3.2.3, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, and 3.4.5 allows local users to mount a CIFS share on an arbitrary mountpoint, and gain privileges, via a symlink attack on the mountpoint directory file.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0787?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samba Samba.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0787?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2010-0787 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0787 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Samba Samba
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0787, ECHO-af91-6cd2-31fd, GHSA-55gw-qcg5-xjrx.