samba: Race condition by mount (mount.cifs) operations
Published Mar 2, 2010
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.52%
Description
client/mount.cifs.c in mount.cifs in smbfs in Samba 3.0.22, 3.0.28a, 3.2.3, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, and 3.4.5 allows local users to mount a CIFS share on an arbitrary mountpoint, and gain privileges, via a symlink attack on the mountpoint directory file.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
samba-0:3.0.33-0.34.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba-0:3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5
Fixed · RHBA-2011:0054
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | samba-0:3.0.33-0.34.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1219 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba-0:3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1219 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5 | Fixed | RHBA-2011:0054 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00517) | 41.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 39.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 24.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 28.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 26.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 24.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ae5dac462c4ed0fb2cd94553583c56fce2f9d80 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0c31ec1c8d1220a5884e40d9ba6b191a04a24d5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034444.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034470.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38286 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38308 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38357 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-29.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:090 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37992 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39898 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-893-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1062 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0787 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532940 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558833 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577277 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6853 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55944 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0787
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0787
Change history (0)
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