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CVE-2008-3789 json

Samba 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…

published 2008-08-27 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3775

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Samba 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.

Patch / fix

  • samba samba 3.2.3
  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.2.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3789

  • cifs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.13-1.3
  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10683-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1

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-2008-3789 updated

samba: Group mapping information LDB file created with insecure permissions

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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