CVE-2014-0178

Samba vulnerability

CVSS

3.5

EPSS

4.5%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRV_SNAPSHOT_ARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a (1) FSCTL_GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA or (2) FSCTL_SRV_ENUMERATE_SNAPSHOTS request.

Affected vendor

Samba

Affected product

Samba

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

Published

2014-05-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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