CVE-2010-0787

CVE-2010-0787 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Samba versions 3.0.22 through 3.4.5. Specifically, the mount.cifs utility allows local users to mount a CIFS share on an arbitrary mountpoint by exploiting a symlink attack on the mountpoint directory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium severity, and allows an attacker with local access to achieve privilege escalation with moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.