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Vulnerability details: VCID-t1y5-mcnx-s3ha
Vulnerability ID VCID-t1y5-mcnx-s3ha
Aliases CVE-2021-44141
Summary All versions of Samba prior to 4.15.5 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a server symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. SMB1 with unix extensions has to be enabled in order for this attack to succeed.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-44141.json
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
epss 0.00309 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
cvssv3.1 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 3.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44141
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44141
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2648
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-44141.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-44141
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44141
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-44141.html
1004692 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004692
2046120 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2046120
AVG-2648 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2648
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2021-44141 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44141
RHSA-2022:1756 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1756
RHSA-2022:2074 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2074
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-44141.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44141
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44141
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.45562
EPSS Score 0.00228
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:28:44.095018+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.16/main.json 37.0.0