CVE-2004-0186
highpriority · track · 40OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
smbmnt in Samba 2.x and 3.x on Linux 2.6, when installed setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges by mounting a Samba share that contains a setuid root program, whose setuid attributes are not cleared when the share is mounted.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-23674Samba 2.2.8 (Linux Kernel 2.6 / Debian / Mandrake) - Share Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107636290906296&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107657505718743&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-463enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/3916enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9619enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15131enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107636290906296&w=2nvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107657505718743&w=2nvd
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