CVE-2009-1886

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in client/client.c in smbclient in Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.12 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename.

Affected products

Samba: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5 (+7)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35539
http://secunia.com/advisories/35573
http://secunia.com/advisories/35606
http://secunia.com/advisories/36918
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1823
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:196
http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1886.patch
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1886.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35472
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022441
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.521591
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1

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