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CVE-2006-1059
The winbindd daemon in Samba 3.0.21 to 3.0.21c writes the machine trust account password in cleartext in log files, which allows local…
Low1.2EPSS 0.47%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
The winbindd daemon in Samba 3.0.21 to 3.0.21c writes the machine trust account password in cleartext in log files, which allows local users to obtain the password and spoof the server in the domain.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 19468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2006-259 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 24263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17314 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 2006-0018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 19455 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CAN-2006-1059.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060330 [SECURITY] Samba 3.0.21-3.0.21c: Exposure of machine account credentials in winbindd log files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- samba-logfile-account-cleartext(25575) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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