CVE-2012-2111: samba

Modified

AliasesRHSA-2012:0533DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2111DSA-2463-1

Published 30-04-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2111 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 4.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

6.5/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

4.75%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1

Timeline

30-04-2012
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The (1) CreateAccount, (2) OpenAccount, (3) AddAccountRights, and (4) RemoveAccountRights LSA RPC procedures in smbd in Samba 3.4.x before 3.4.17, 3.5.x before 3.5.15, and 3.6.x before 3.6.5 do not properly restrict modifications to the privileges database, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the "take ownership" privilege via an LSA connection.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.06.5

EPSS trend

Probability

4.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.75% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat22 products

libsmbclient< 0:3.5.10-116.el6_2
libsmbclient-devel< 0:3.5.10-116.el6_2
samba< 0:3.5.10-116.el6_2
samba-client< 0:3.5.10-116.el6_2
samba-common< 0:3.5.10-116.el6_2

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Debian1 product

samba< 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze8 | < 2:3.6.5-1

Samba1 product

sambaEOL3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.5 | 3.4.6 | 3.4.7 | 3.4.8 | 3.4.9 | 3.4.10 | 3.4.11 | 3.4.12 | 3.4.13 | 3.4.14 | 3.4.15 | 3.4.16 | 3.5.0 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.9 | 3.5.10 | 3.5.11 | 3.5.12 | 3.5.13 | 3.5.14 | 3.6.0 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4

3 vendors · 24 products