CVE-2008-3789 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Samba	Samba

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496073
http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31601
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30837
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020770
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2440
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44678
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3789

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3789

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3789 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3789

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-08-27T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:53:00.303Z

Reserved: 2008-08-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-3789

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-27T20:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3789

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3789 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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