2.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-1863

Published: 25/04/2006 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 215
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in CIFS in Linux 2.6.16 and previous versions allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-1864.

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Vendor Advisories

An integer overflow was discovered in the do_replace() function A local user process with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands with full root privileges However, none of Ubuntu’s supported packages use this capability with any non-root user, so this only affects you if you use some third party software l ...
Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-3359 Franz Filz discovered that some socket calls permit causing inconsistent reference count ...

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/17742/info The Linux Kernel is prone to a vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass a security restriction This issue is due to a failure in the kernel to properly sanitize user-supplied data The problem affects chroot inside of an SMB-mounted filesystem ('cifs') A local attacker who is bounded by t ...