CVE-2014-8143
HIGH · CVSS 8.5EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.16, and 4.2.x before 4.2rc4, when an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) is configured, allows remote authenticated users to set the LDB userAccountControl UF_SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT bit, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging delegation of authority for user-account or computer-account creation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7986)
- Published
- January 17, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7986 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- samba / samba
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62594
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72278
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031615
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.416326
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2481-1
- https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.0.23-CVE-2014-8143.patch(Patch)
- https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.1.15-CVE-2014-8143.patch(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100596
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-8143(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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