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🛡️ AZL-7489 — samba (CVE-2021-43566)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2021-43566 affecting package samba 4.12.5-7

All versions of Samba prior to 4.13.16 are vulnerable to a malicious client using an SMB1 or NFS race to allow a directory to be created in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. Note that SMB1 has to be enabled, or the share also available via NFS in order for this attack to succeed.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

AZL-7489 is recorded against 1 package.

  • samba

Timeline and source

Published on 11 January 2022 and last revised on 21 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-01-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
samba — —

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