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CVE-2011-2522

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) shut down daemons, (2) start daemons, (3) add shares, (4) remove shares, (5) add printers, (6) remove printers, (7) add user accounts, or (8) remove user accounts, as demonstrated by certain start, stop, and restart parameters to the status program.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-2522 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from samba, from debian, from canonical organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-07-29T20:55:02.157

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	samba	samba	< 3.3.16	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.4.14	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.5.10	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.04	Yes

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29529126/index.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133527864025056&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/74071 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45393 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45488 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45496 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8317 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17577 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2522 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48899 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721348 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68843 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29529126/index.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133527864025056&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/74071 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.10.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45393 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45488 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45496 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8317 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025852 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1182-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2290 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17577 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c03008543 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:121 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-2522 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48899 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721348 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68843 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For samba's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.