CVE-2015-8467
samba: Denial of service attack against Windows Active Directory server.
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 16, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
The samldb_check_user_account_control_acl function in dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 does not properly check for administrative privileges during creation of machine accounts, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the existence of a domain with both a Samba DC and a Windows DC, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2535.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.9AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified