CVE-2014-8143

high
Published 2015-01-17 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
8.5
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.16, and 4.2.x before 4.2rc4, when an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) is configured, allows remote authenticated users to set the LDB userAccountControl UF_SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT bit, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging delegation of authority for user-account or computer-account creation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8143

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-8143

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.1.15-CVE-2014-8143.patch

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.0.23-CVE-2014-8143.patch

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:4.1.17+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:4.1.17+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:4.1.17+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed2:4.1.17+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:4.1.17+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sambasamba4.0.0
sambasamba4.0.1
sambasamba4.0.2
sambasamba4.0.3
sambasamba4.0.4
sambasamba4.0.5
sambasamba4.0.6
sambasamba4.0.7
sambasamba4.0.8
sambasamba4.0.9
sambasamba4.0.10
sambasamba4.0.11
sambasamba4.0.12
sambasamba4.0.13
sambasamba4.0.14
sambasamba4.0.15
sambasamba4.0.16
sambasamba4.0.17
sambasamba4.0.18
sambasamba4.0.19
sambasamba4.0.20
sambasamba4.0.21
sambasamba4.0.22
sambasamba4.0.23
sambasamba4.1.0
sambasamba4.1.1
sambasamba4.1.2
sambasamba4.1.3
sambasamba4.1.4
sambasamba4.1.5
sambasamba4.1.6
sambasamba4.1.7
sambasamba4.1.8
sambasamba4.1.9
sambasamba4.1.10
sambasamba4.1.11
sambasamba4.1.12
sambasamba4.1.13
sambasamba4.1.14
sambasamba4.1.15
sambasamba4.2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.