CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 73.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2021-44142
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
73.54%
Original NVD Description
The Samba vfs_fruit module uses extended file attributes (EA, xattr) to provide "...enhanced compatibility with Apple SMB clients and interoperability with a Netatalk 3 AFP fileserver." Samba versions prior to 4.13.17, 4.14.12 and 4.15.5 with vfs_fruit configured allow out-of-bounds heap read and write via specially crafted extended file attributes. A remote attacker with write access to extended file attributes can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of smbd, typically root.
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