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CVE-2004-0082

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0082 describes a vulnerability in the mksmbpasswd.sh script within Samba versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1. When creating a disabled user account, the script could overwrite the user's password with an uninitialized buffer, potentially making the account's password easier to guess. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, low complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0350 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: samba-0:3.0.2-6.3E
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0082Low

security flaw

Feb 13, 2004

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15132
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A827
us1.samba.org / samba/ftp/WHATSNEW-3.0.2a.txt
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-078.shtml
osvdb.org / 3919
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/9637
PatchVendor Advisory
vuxml.org / freebsd/3388eff9-5d6e-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html