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CVE-2009-2948

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,...

1.9 LowFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

0.52%Down 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 1.9

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.

Record
CVE-2009-2948
CVSS 2.0
1.9 LowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2009-2948
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2935 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2009-2935
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fwxv-68qg-w737 No score

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,...

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.

Record
GHSA-fwxv-68qg-w737
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2009-2948
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1 No score

ctdb-4.5.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ctdb-4.5.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10334-1 No score

cifs-utils-6.5-1.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cifs-utils-6.5-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10334-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba
Debian:12
 before 2:3.4.2-1
2:3.4.2-1
samba
Debian:13
 before 2:3.4.2-1
2:3.4.2-1
samba
Debian:14
 before 2:3.4.2-1
2:3.4.2-1
samba
Debian:5.0
 before 2:3.2.5-4lenny7, plus listed versions
2:3.2.5-42:3.2.5-4lenny12:3.2.5-4lenny22:3.2.5-4lenny32:3.2.5-4lenny42:3.2.5-4lenny6
2:3.2.5-4lenny7
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
libsmbclient
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libsmbclient-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libtalloc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtalloc-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtdb
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
libtdb-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
samba3x
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-client
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-common
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-doc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-domainjoin-gui
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-swat
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
tdb-tools
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
libsmbclient
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libsmbclient-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libtalloc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtalloc-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtdb
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
libtdb-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
samba3x
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-client
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-common
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-doc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-domainjoin-gui
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-swat
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
tdb-tools
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
samba
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.5.0-1.1
4.5.0-1.1
cifs-utils
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 6.5-1.5
6.5-1.5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-2948 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 1.9) in Samba, published October 7, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. Fixed in samba 2:3.4.2-1.

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