Is CVE-2012-6150 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-6150 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-6150?

CVE-2012-6150 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.6 (LOW).

CVE-2012-6150

LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD

The winbind_name_list_to_sid_string_list function in nsswitch/pam_winbind.c in Samba through 4.1.2 handles invalid require_membership_of group names by accepting authentication by any user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an administrator's pam_winbind configuration-file mistake.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.6 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.8% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-6006)
Published: December 3, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6006 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
samba / samba

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00088.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141660010015249&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/03/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:299(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2054-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036897(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10300(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2012-June/084593.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2013-November/096411.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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