CVE-2014-8143
Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.16, and 4.2.x before 4.2rc4, when an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) is configured,…
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- redhat
Description
Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.16, and 4.2.x before 4.2rc4, when an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) is configured, allows remote authenticated users to set the LDB userAccountControl UF_SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT bit, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging delegation of authority for user-account or computer-account creation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- SSA:2015-020-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.1.15-CVE-2014-8143.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- samba-cve20148143-priv-esc(100596) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.0.23-CVE-2014-8143.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-8143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 72278 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 62594 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0375 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2481-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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)
- 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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