CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2012-2111
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
4.80%
Original NVD Description
The (1) CreateAccount, (2) OpenAccount, (3) AddAccountRights, and (4) RemoveAccountRights LSA RPC procedures in smbd in Samba 3.4.x before 3.4.17, 3.5.x before 3.5.15, and 3.6.x before 3.6.5 do not properly restrict modifications to the privileges database, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the "take ownership" privilege via an LSA connection.