SAMBA "root" credential remote code execution.

Published: 2012-04-10. Last Updated: 2012-04-10 20:18:56 UTC
by Swa Frantzen (Version: 1)
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Samba - "a Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX" seems to have a serious security vulnerability that samba versions 3.6.3 and all versions prior to it have a vulnerability that allows remote code execution as the "root" user from an anonymous connection.

Yep, time to upgrade SAMBA.

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-1182

Hat tip: Charlie

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Keywords: samba
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Does anyone know if there is exploit code, publicly available?
Yes. Exploit Code is publicly available for this vulnerability. Patch now.

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