7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-16860
Samba Heimdal KDC Man-in-the-Middle Principal Spoofing Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 31, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 14, 2019, 12:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16860 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Samba samba
1 Heimdal_project heimdal

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16860 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16860 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT210346 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT210348 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT210351 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT210353 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_23 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-358
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/15 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/13 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/14 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/11 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/21 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/23 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/25 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/22 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16860 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16860 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16860.html No Types Assigned https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16860.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-358
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.8.0 up to (excluding) 4.8.12 *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.9.0 up to (excluding) 4.9.8 *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10.0 up to (excluding) 4.10.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.8 up to (including) 7.5.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.04%

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0.70911

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