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CVE-2009-2813

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Samba 3.4 before 3.4.2, 3.3 before 3.3.8, 3.2 before 3.2.15, and 3.0.12 through 3.0.36, as used in the SMB subsystem in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 when Windows File Sharing is enabled, Fedora 11, and other operating systems, does not properly handle errors in resolving pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended sharing restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack home directories.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.5.8
• Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 11
• Samba: 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.14a, 3.0.15, 3.0.16 (+69)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126514298313071&w=2
• http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/
• http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/
• http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/
• http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/
• http://osvdb.org/57955
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36893
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36937

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