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CVE-2018-16860

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2019-07-31
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

A flaw was found in samba's Heimdal KDC implementation, versions 4.8.x up to, excluding 4.8.12, 4.9.x up to, excluding 4.9.8 and 4.10.x up to, excluding 4.10.3, when used in AD DC mode. A man in the middle attacker could use this flaw to intercept the request to the KDC and replace the user name (principal) in the request with any desired user name (principal) that exists in the KDC effectively obtaining a ticket for that principal.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-358CWE-358

Metadata

Primary Vendor
SAMBA
Published
7/31/2019
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

samba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambaheimdal_project : heimdal

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