CVE-2015-8467 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8467?

CVE-2015-8467 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Dec 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The samldb_check_user_account_control_acl function in dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 does not properly check for administrative privileges during creation of machine accounts, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the existence of a domain with both a Samba DC and a Windows DC, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2535.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8467?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Samba Samba.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8467?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8467, ECHO-60cc-f655-504e, GHSA-3mw8-88mv-4wcm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8467.