CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0815

7.5 HIGH Published 2004-11-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-11-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The unix_clean_name function in Samba 2.2.x through 2.2.11, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2a, trims certain directory names down to absolute paths, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the specified share restrictions and read, write, or list arbitrary files via "/.////" style sequences in pathnames.

Affected configurations

• samba samba 2.2.0 • samba samba 2.2.0a • samba samba 2.2.1a • samba samba 2.2.2 • samba samba 2.2.3 • samba samba 2.2.3a • samba samba 2.2.4 • samba samba 2.2.5 • samba samba 2.2.6 • samba samba 2.2.7 • samba samba 2.2.7a • samba samba 2.2.8 • samba samba 2.2.8a • samba samba 2.2.9 • samba samba 2.2.11 • samba samba 2.2a • samba samba 3.0.0 • samba samba 3.0.1 • samba samba 3.0.2 • samba samba 3.0.2a

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-182 Collapse of Data into Unsafe Value weakness
  • CWE-41 Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence weakness
  • CWE-55 Path Equivalence: '/./' (Single Dot Directory) weakness

References