CVE-2006-1059: samba
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-1059 is a low (CVSS 1.2) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 1.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 30-03-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The winbindd daemon in Samba 3.0.21 to 3.0.21c writes the machine trust account password in cleartext in log files, which allows local users to obtain the password and spoof the server in the domain.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
41%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.47% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- samba< 3.0.22-1
Samba1 product
- sambaEOL3.0.21 | 3.0.21a | 3.0.21b | 3.0.21c
2 vendors · 2 products
References
13 links- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-March/msg00114.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
