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A flaw was found in Samba. The KDC accepts kpasswd...

High severity Unreviewed Published Aug 26, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 17, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A flaw was found in Samba. The KDC accepts kpasswd requests encrypted with any key known to it. By encrypting forged kpasswd requests with its own key, a user can change other users' passwords, enabling full domain takeover.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 25, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 26, 2022
Last updated Sep 17, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-32744

GHSA ID

GHSA-6p44-5x7x-8vxj

Source code

No known source code

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