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high 7.5

CVE-2004-0082 json

The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite…

published 2004-03-03 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0082

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite the user password with an uninitialized buffer, which could enable the account with a more easily guessable password.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0082

  • samba RHEL 3 3.0.2-6.3E
  • samba-swat RHEL 3 3.0.2-6.3E
  • samba-client RHEL 3 3.0.2-6.3E
  • samba-common RHEL 3 3.0.2-6.3E

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:064

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0082 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 samba 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-swat 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-client 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-common 3.0.2-6.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 samba 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-swat 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-client 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-common 3.0.2-6.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 samba 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-swat 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-client 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-common 3.0.2-6.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 samba 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-swat 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-client 3.0.2-6.3E, samba-common 3.0.2-6.3E
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:064

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Exploit prediction

3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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