description: A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
problem types: CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: samba
versions:
version: Affects samba since 4.17.0, Fixed samba 4.17.2., status: affected
}