CVE-2009-2948: samba
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-2948 is a low (CVSS 1.9) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 1.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2Timeline
- 07-10-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.52% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- samba< 2:3.4.2-1
Samba1 product
- samba≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.37 | ≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.15 | ≥ 3.3.0, < 3.3.8 | ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
22 links- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWAREPatchThird Party Advisory
Show all 22 references
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
