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CVE-2006-1864
Directory traversal vulnerability in smbfs in Linux 2.6.16 and earlier allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in smbfs in Linux 2.6.16 and earlier allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-1863.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 2.6.x - SMBFS CHRoot Security Restriction Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27766local, linuxpublished 28 Apr 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0493 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4502 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2554 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-302-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0008 - VMware ESX Server 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21035 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 2006-0026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 23064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0006 - VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20237 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0007 - VMware ESX Server 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- kernel-smbfs-directory-traversal(26137) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20671 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0005 - VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-1864 (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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