Description
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.
Published: 2009-10-07
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1908-1 New samba packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2935 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-839-1 Samba vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras
Samba Samba
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.340Z

Reserved: 2009-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2948

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-10-07T18:30:00.920

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

Link: CVE-2009-2948

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2948 - Bugzilla

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