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TI-2009-02808 Aliases CVE-2009-2948GHSA-fwxv-68qg-w737

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…

Priority LOW 11CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0052 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 3.0.37; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.15; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.8; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.2VulnerableSamba
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.0.37; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.15; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.8; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.2 Vulnerable ·Samba

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2009:1585 Released 2009-11-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba3x security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) libsmbclient-3.0.34-46.el5, libsmbclient-devel-3.0.34-46.el5, libtalloc-1.2.0-46.el5 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) libsmbclient-3.0.34-46.el5, libsmbclient-devel-3.0.34-46.el5, libtalloc-1.2.0-46.el5 +12
  • RHSA-2009:1529 Released 2009-10-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.i386, samba-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4, samba-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.i386, samba-client-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.i386, samba-client-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.ia64 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:1529
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1529
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:1529
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2009:1585
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1529
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1529
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2009:1585
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1529

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-2948
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwxv-68qg-w737

References

Patch 4

Advisory 9

Other 1

  • TI-2020-01431 Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2017-05139 Code injection in samba KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-00210 The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00081 Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00185 Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-02362 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the NDR parsing in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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