CVE-2016-2125 describes a vulnerability in Samba versions prior to 4.5.3, 4.4.8, and 4.3.13, where Kerberos authentication always requested forwardable tickets. This allowed a malicious service, to which Samba authenticated, to impersonate Samba to other services or domain users. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has an adjacent attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.25, < 4.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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