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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14318

A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to certain file and directory information which otherwise would be unavailable to the attacker.

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CVE-2020-14318
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1 Nov 2026, 05:57 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-14318

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Dec 2020, 16:15 UTC

A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to certain file and directory information which otherwise would be unavailable to the attacker.

osv:CVE-2020-14318
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14318",
  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.006043699Z",
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        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433421,
  "published_at": "2020-12-03T16:15:12.077+00:00"
}