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CVE-2013-6442
The owner_set function in smbcacls.c in smbcacls in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.16 and 4.1.x before 4.1.6 removes an ACL during use of a…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The owner_set function in smbcacls.c in smbcacls in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.16 and 4.1.x before 4.1.6 removes an ACL during use of a --chown or --chgrp option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended administrative change.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.1% 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 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.1.6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-9132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-6442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.16.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-7672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10327 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 66232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2013-6250 (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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