CVE-2006-1863

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in CIFS in Linux 2.6.16 and earlier allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-1864.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.17

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19868
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/21614
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=296034f7de8bdf111984ce1630ac598a9c94a253
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
http://www.osvdb.org/25068

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