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    CVE-2018-16857

    Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords (to restrict brute forcing of passwords) in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been upgraded from Samba 4.8 and earlier. In these cases the manual testing done to confirm an organisation's password policies apply as expected may not have been re-done after the upgrade.

    Published:Nov 20, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 28, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.02596
    CVSS Score:7.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Samba
    Product
    Samba

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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