vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-44141: Information leak via symlinks of existance of files or directories outside of the exported share (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Feb 21, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 21, 2022
Added
May 13, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
All versions of Samba prior to 4.15.5 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a server symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. SMB1 with unix extensions has to be enabled in order for this attack to succeed.
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