CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0182

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
9.51%

95th percentile - higher than 95% of all known CVEs

Summary

Samba has a buffer overflow which allows a remote attacker to obtain root access by specifying a long password.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full system privileges, posing a serious security risk to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Samba software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Samba has a buffer overflow which allows a remote attacker to obtain root access by specifying a long password.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS