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CVE-2022-3592

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.006
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.696
Higher than 69.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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GitHub Security Advisories

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GHSA-cghw-hvr5-w2m2

Advisory Details

A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3592
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
WEB https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 12, 2023, Modified: January 20, 2023

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Published: 2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-08T15:14:28.686Z
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