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CVE-2008-3789

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3789 describes a weak permissions vulnerability in Samba 3.2.0, where the group_mapping.tdb and group_mapping.ldb files are set to 0666, allowing local users to alter Unix group memberships. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity to achieve partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3789Moderate

samba: Group mapping information LDB file created with insecure permissions

Aug 22, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31601
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44678
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/30837
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2440
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory