Unscored severity · published Oct 7, 2009
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, does not properly enforce permissions,…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Samba · Samba
3.0.0 before 3.0.37; 3.2.0 before 3.2.15; 3.3.0 before 3.3.8; 3.4.0 before 3.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2948
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2948
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
Broken Link
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/
Broken Link
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/
Broken Link
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/
Broken Link
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/58520
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