CVE-2004-0815: Samba

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The unix_clean_name function in Samba 2.2.x through 2.2.11, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2a, trims certain directory names down to absolute paths, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the specified share restrictions and read, write, or list arbitrary files via "/.////" style sequences in pathnames.

Affected products

• Samba Samba: version 2.2.0 only; version 2.2.0a only; version 2.2.1a only; version 2.2.2 only; version 2.2.3 only; version 2.2.3a only; …

Published 2004-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.