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CVE-2004-0815
The unix_clean_name function in Samba 2.2.x through 2.2.11, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2a, trims certain directory names down to absolute paths,…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The unix_clean_name function in Samba 2.2.x through 2.2.11, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2a, trims certain directory names down to absolute paths, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the specified share restrictions and read, write, or list arbitrary files via "/.////" style sequences in pathnames.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- http://us4.samba.org/samba/news/#security_2.2.12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 200529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20040930 Samba Security Announcement -- Potential Arbitrary File Access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FLSA:2102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20040930 Samba Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 20041005 ERRATA: Potential Arbitrary File Access (CAN-2004-0815) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-600 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:498 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2004:873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 11281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 2004-0051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 57664 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 101584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2004:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- samba-file-access(17556) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0813 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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