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CVE-2009-2948 json

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, do…

published 2009-10-07 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2935

cvss
1.9
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 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • samba samba 3.0.37, 3.2.15, 3.3.8, 3.4.2
  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.4.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948

  • samba3x RHEL 5 EXTRAS 3.3.8-0.46.el5
  • libtdb RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.1.2-46.el5
  • libtalloc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.2.0-46.el5
  • tdb-tools RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.1.2-46.el5
  • libsmbclient RHEL 5 EXTRAS 3.0.34-46.el5
  • samba3x-swat RHEL 5 EXTRAS 3.3.8-0.46.el5
  • samba3x-client RHEL 5 EXTRAS 3.3.8-0.46.el5
  • samba3x-common RHEL 5 EXTRAS 3.3.8-0.46.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1585RHSA-2009:1529

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-1.1
  • cifs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.5-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10334-1

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-2009-2948 updated cvss 1.2

samba: information disclosure in suid mount.cifs

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-client 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-common 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-client 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-common 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-client 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-common 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1529
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) libtdb 1.1.2-46.el5, libtalloc 1.2.0-46.el5, samba3x 3.3.8-0.46.el5, tdb-tools 1.1.2-46.el5, libsmbclient 3.0.34-46.el5, samba3x-swat 3.3.8-0.46.el5, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-client 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-common 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-client 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-common 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1529
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) libtdb 1.1.2-46.el5, libtalloc 1.2.0-46.el5, samba3x 3.3.8-0.46.el5, tdb-tools 1.1.2-46.el5, libsmbclient 3.0.34-46.el5, samba3x-swat 3.3.8-0.46.el5, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-client 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-common 3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1529

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Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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