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CVE-2009-2948

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-732

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.

Affected products

• Samba: from 3.0.0 before 3.0.37; from 3.2.0 before 3.2.15; from 3.3.0 before 3.3.8; from 3.4.0 before 3.4.2 — fixed in 3.0.37, 3.2.15, 3.3.8, 3.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Samba 3.0.37, 3.2.15, 3.3.8, 3.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
• 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/58520
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36893
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36937
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36953
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439
• http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html

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