Samba 1.9.18 Elevate Privileges Vulnerability (CVE-1999-1288)

Samba is prone to a elevate privileges vulnerability. Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

CVE-1999-1288

CVE-1999-1288 concerns Samba 1.9.18, which ships with a prototype application wsmbconf installed with incorrect permissions (including setgid). This config allows local users to read/write files and, due to bugs in wsmbconf, may enable privilege elevation. The OpenVAS entry reiterates an elevate-...

CVE-1999-1288

Samba 1.9.18 inadvertently includes a prototype application, wsmbconf, which is installed with incorrect permissions including the setgid bit, which allows local users to read and write files and possibly gain privileges via bugs in the program...