Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-3961

Title: Samba Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-3961.

CWE Category CWE-22
Published Date Nov 03, 2023
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-3961: A path traversal vulnerability was identified in Samba when processing client pipe names connecting to Unix domain sockets within a private directory. Samba typically uses this mechanism to connect SMB clients to remote procedure call (RPC) services like SAMR LSA or SPOOLSS, which Samba initiates on demand. However, due to inadequate sanitization of incoming client pipe names, allowing a client to send a pipe name containing Unix directory traversal characters (../). This could result in SMB clients connecting as root to Unix domain sockets outside the private directory. If an attacker or client managed to send a pipe name resolving to an external service using an existing Unix domain socket, it could potentially lead to unauthorized access to the service and consequential adverse events, including compromise or service crashes.

Impacted Vendors

S
storage_project 1
S
samba 1
S
sgi 1
R
redhat 1

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6209 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6744 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7371 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7408 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7464 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7467 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3961 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241881 https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15422 https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-3961.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6209 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6744 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7371 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7408 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7464 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7467 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3961 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241881 https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15422 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZUMVALLFFDFC53JZMUWA6HPD7HUGAP5I/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0002/ https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-3961.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.1
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-3961 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.