CVE-2009-2948

samba: information disclosure in suid mount.cifs

Severity Score

1.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

mount.cifs en Samba v3.0 anterior a v3.0.37, v3.2 anterior a v3.2.15, v3.3 anterior a v3.3.8 y v3.4 anterior a v3.4.2, cuando mount.cifs es instalado con el suid root, no refuerza los permisos adecuadamente, lo que permite a usuarios locales leer parte del archivo de credenciales y obtener la contraseña especificando la ruta al archivo de credenciales y usando la opción --verbose o -v.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-23 CVE Reserved
2009-10-02 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-10-20 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CAPEC

References (22)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/58520	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53574	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439	2022-10-31
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html	2022-10-31
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36572	2022-10-31
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022975	2022-10-31
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html	2022-10-31
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html	2022-10-31

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html	2022-10-31
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37	2022-10-31
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15	2022-10-31
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8	2022-10-31
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2	2022-10-31
http://secunia.com/advisories/36893	2022-10-31
http://secunia.com/advisories/36918	2022-10-31
http://secunia.com/advisories/36937	2022-10-31
http://secunia.com/advisories/36953	2022-10-31
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1	2022-10-31
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2948	2009-11-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526074	2009-11-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.37 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 3.0.37"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				>= 3.2.0 < 3.2.15 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.15"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				>= 3.3.0 < 3.3.8 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 3.3.0 < 3.3.8"		-		Affected
Samba Search vendor "Samba"		Samba Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"				>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.2 Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " >= 3.4.0 < 3.4.2"		-		Affected