CVE-2016-2125

samba: Unconditional privilege delegation to Kerberos servers in trusted realms

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

It was found that Samba before versions 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13 always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication. A service to which Samba authenticated using Kerberos could subsequently use the ticket to impersonate Samba to other services or domain users.

Se ha descubierto que Samba, en versiones anteriores a la 4.5.3, 4.4.8 y 4.3.13, siempre solicitaba tickets que podían reenviarse al emplear la autenticación de Kerberos. Un servicio al que Samba se ha autenticado con Kerberos podría emplear el ticket para suplantar Samba con otros usuarios de servicios o dominios.

It was found that Samba always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication. A service to which Samba authenticated using Kerberos could subsequently use the ticket to impersonate Samba to other services or domain users.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-29 CVE Reserved
2016-12-19 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2125	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2125	2017-05-22
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403114	2017-05-22

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"				>= 3.0.25 < 4.3.13 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 3.0.25 < 4.3.13"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				>= 4.4.0 < 4.4.8 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.8"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				>= 4.5.0 < 4.5.3 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Gluster Storage Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Gluster Storage"				3.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Gluster Storage" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected