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CVE-2009-2948
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,…
Low1.9EPSS 0.52%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (21)
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-10172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 58520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1022975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 36572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2009-276-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 36937 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-839-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 36918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- samba-mountcifs-info-disclosure(53574) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36953 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-10180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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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