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CVE-2010-0787 json

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 shar…

published 2010-03-02 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-0813

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.4.5~dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0787

  • samba RHEL 4 3.0.33-0.34.el4
  • samba RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
  • samba-swat RHEL 4 3.0.33-0.34.el4
  • samba-swat RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
  • libsmbclient RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
  • samba-client RHEL 4 3.0.33-0.34.el4
  • samba-client RHEL 5 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
  • samba-common RHEL 4 3.0.33-0.34.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1219RHBA-2011:0054

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-1.1
  • cifs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.5-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10334-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0787 updated cvss 1.7

samba: Race condition by mount (mount.cifs) operations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba3x 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x-swat 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-client 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-common 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba3x 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x-swat 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-client 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-common 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1219
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) samba3x 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-swat 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-client 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-common 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-winbind 3.5.4-0.70.el5, samba3x-domainjoin-gui 3.5.4-0.70.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2011:0054
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) samba 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba-client 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba-common 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1219

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Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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