CVE-2012-2111
The (1) CreateAccount, (2) OpenAccount, (3) AddAccountRights, and (4) RemoveAccountRights LSA RPC procedures in smbd in Samba 3.4.x before 3.4.17, 3.5.x before 3.5.15, and 3.6.x before 3.6.5 do not properly restrict modifications to the privileges database, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the "take ownership" privilege via an LSA connection.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2114)
- Published
- April 30, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2114 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- samba / samba
- samba / samba
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References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079662.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079670.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079677.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134323086902585&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/81648
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0533.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48976
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48999
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49030
- http://www.collax.com/produkte/AllinOne-server-for-small-businesses#id2565578
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2463
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:067
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-2111(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026988
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1434-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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