CVE-2009-2948

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2948
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-07 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionmount.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-732 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Samba 3.4.2 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org/58520 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: samba-3.4.2-0.42.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-839-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Samba setuid 'mount.cifs' Verbose Option Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba Information Disclosure and Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Samba 'mount.cifs' Lets Local Users View Portions of Files on the Target System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory SA36953 - Fedora update for samba - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA36937 - Slackware update for samba - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for samba - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Samba 3.3.8 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: samba-3.2.15-0.36.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Samba 3.0.37 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Samba 3.2.15 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
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