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CVE-2009-2948

N/A

Published: October 7, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSAMBA

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

mount.cifs in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8 and 3.4 before 3.4.2, when mount.cifs is installed suid root, does not properly enforce permissions, which allows local users to read part of the credentials file and obtain the password by specifying the path to the credentials file and using the --verbose or -v option.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.373.2.0 ≤ v < 3.2.153.3.0 ≤ v < 3.3.83.4.0 ≤ v < 3.4.2

Affected range stops below 3.0.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.2.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.3.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (21)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/58520

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot ApplicableVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/36893

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot ApplicableVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/36918

CVSS

1.9LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-732

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