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Vulnerability details: VCID-x55t-cux2-q3gw
Vulnerability ID VCID-x55t-cux2-q3gw
Aliases CVE-2015-5252
Summary vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions via a symlink that points outside of a share.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.2
Risk 0.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-41 Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence
System Score Found at
epss 0.17333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5252
epss 0.17333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5252
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5252.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5252
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3223
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5252
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5296
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5299
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5330
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7540
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8467
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1290288 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290288
GLSA-201612-47 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47
RHSA-2016:0006 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0006
RHSA-2016:0010 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0010
RHSA-2016:0011 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0011
RHSA-2016:0015 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0015
RHSA-2016:0016 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0016
USN-2855-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2855-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95169
EPSS Score 0.17333
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:10:38.888886+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0