Samba open share

Risk Level: Medium risk vulnerability  Medium

Check or Attack Name: Open Samba Share

Platforms: Unix, Samba
Description:

An accessible Samba share was detected. Accessible shares can be used to possibly gather critical information, or can be used to write files that would be needed for further attacks.

Remedy:

If access is allowed to everyone, edit smb.conf, normally located in /etc or /usr/local/samba.

Refer to your Samba documentation for details on share permissions and user configurations.

References:

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