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CVE-2016-2125

MEDIUM
Published 2018-10-31T20:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
6.4
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.130
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 13.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.937
Higher than 93.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

samba

Affected Versions:

4.5.3 4.4.8 4.3.13

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-qc7g-mqp8-fhmm

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2125
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2125
WEB https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.html
WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.html
WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.html
WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.html
WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.html
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2125
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.html
Published: 2018-10-31T20:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.585Z
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