CVE-2001-1162

Samba 2.0.x/2.2 - Arbitrary File Creation

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in the %m macro in the smb.conf configuration file in Samba before 2.2.0a allows remote attackers to overwrite certain files via a .. in a NETBIOS name, which is used as the name for a .log file.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-06-23 CVE Published
2001-06-23 First Exploit
2002-03-15 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-105.shtml	Government Resource
http://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/macroexploit.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6731	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20968	2001-06-23
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/193027	2024-08-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2928	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011002-01-P	2017-10-10
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000405	2017-10-10
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-027-01	2017-10-10
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-024.0.txt	2017-10-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-065	2017-10-10
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-062.php3	2017-10-10
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-086.html	2017-10-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3423	2017-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				2.0.5 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version "2.0.5"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				2.0.6 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version "2.0.6"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				2.0.7 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version "2.0.7"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				2.0.8 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version "2.0.8"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				2.0.9 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version "2.0.9"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				2.2.0 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version "2.2.0"		-		Affected
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Cifs-9000 Server Search vendor "Hp" for product "Cifs-9000 Server"				a.01.05 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Cifs-9000 Server" and version "a.01.05"		-		Affected
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Cifs-9000 Server Search vendor "Hp" for product "Cifs-9000 Server"				a.01.06 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Cifs-9000 Server" and version "a.01.06"		-		Affected