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CVE-2004-0186
smbmnt in Samba 2.x and 3.x on Linux 2.6, when installed setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges by mounting a Samba share that…
High7.2EPSS 1.6%
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Description
smbmnt in Samba 2.x and 3.x on Linux 2.6, when installed setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges by mounting a Samba share that contains a setuid root program, whose setuid attributes are not cleared when the share is mounted.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20040211 Re: Samba 3.x + kernel 2.6.x local root vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- samba-smbmnt-gain-privileges(15131) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040209 Samba 3.x + kernel 2.6.x local root vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-463 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 9619 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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