CVE-2008-3789

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3789
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-27 20:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSamba 3.2.0 uses weak permissions (0666) for the (1) group_mapping.tdb and (2) group_mapping.ldb files, which allows local users to modify the membership of Unix groups.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-732 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request (samba) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Samba Group Mappings File Insecure Permissions Local Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Samba "group_mapping.ldb" Insecure Permissions Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 samba.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#496073 - samba: group_mapping.ldb created world writeable after manual deletion - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Samba 'group_mapping.ldb' Has Unsafe Permissions That Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-08-28Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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