CVE-2015-5299: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 13.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The shadow_copy2_get_shadow_copy_data function in modules/vfs_shadow_copy2.c in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 does not verify that the DIRECTORY_LIST access right has been granted, which allows remote attackers to access snapshots by visiting a shadow copy directory.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Samba Samba: from 3.0.20, before 4.1.22 (fixed in 4.1.22); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.7 (fixed in 4.2.7); from 4.3.0, before 4.3.3 (fixed in 4.3.3)

Published 2015-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.