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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1057

On a Samba 4 AD DC the LDAP server in all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards incorrectly validates permissions to modify passwords over LDAP allowing authenticated users to change any other users' passwords, including administrative users and…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 10.0%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.0%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

On a Samba 4 AD DC the LDAP server in all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards incorrectly validates permissions to modify passwords over LDAP allowing authenticated users to change any other users' passwords, including administrative users and privileged service accounts (eg Domain Controllers).

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.04% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-863
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · samba/samba
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.