CVE-2015-0240

The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x before 4.0.25, 4.1.x before 4.1.17, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0rc5 performs a free operation on an uninitialized stack pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Netlogon packets that use the ServerPasswordSet RPC API, as demonstrated by packets reaching the _netr_ServerPasswordSet function in rpc_server/netlogon/srv_netlog_nt.c.

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

87.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2015-02-24

Updated

2025-05-09

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_uninit_cred.rb

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36741

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-0239
• CVE-2015-0252
• CVE-2015-0235
• CVE-2015-0258
• CVE-2015-0231
• CVE-2015-0273