CVE-2009-2948

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 07 Oct 2009, 18:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.21% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Oct 2009, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 44%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-732•Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

    The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Affected Systems

  • samba•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

References (21)