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CVE-2016-2119

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2119 is a critical vulnerability in Samba versions 4.x before 4.2.14, 4.3.x before 4.3.11, and 4.4.x before 4.4.5. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass client-signing protections by manipulating specific SMB2 session flags, enabling them to spoof SMB2 and SMB3 servers. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, < 4.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0310 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: samba4-0:4.2.10-7.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: samba-0:4.2.10-7.el7_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: samba-0:4.4.3-8.el6rhs
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: samba-0:4.4.3-8.el7rhgs
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-2119Moderate

samba: Client side SMB2/3 required signing can be downgraded

Jul 7, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00060.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1486.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1487.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1494.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201805-07
Third Party Advisory
samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2016-2119.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91700
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036244
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry