Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-3592

Title: Samba

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-3592.

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Jan 12, 2023
Modified Date Apr 08, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-3592: A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.

Impacted Vendors

S
samba 1
S
sgi 1

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-3592 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.