DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2009-2948
Downstream
DSA-1908-1
Published: 07 Oct 2009, 18:30
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Oct 2009, 18:30
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:04
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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•samba

    < 2:3.4.2-1 | < 2:3.4.2-1 | < 2:3.4.2-1 | < 2:3.4.2-1

References (1)