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CVE-2009-2948

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2948 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in mount.cifs within Samba versions prior to 3.0.37, 3.2.15, 3.3.8, and 3.4.2. When mount.cifs is installed with SUID root permissions, an attacker can exploit a flaw in permission enforcement to read portions of a credentials file, thereby obtaining a password. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: samba-0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: samba-0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: samba3x-0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2948Low

samba: information disclosure in suid mount.cifs

Oct 1, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
news.samba.org / releases/3.0.37
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
news.samba.org / releases/3.2.15
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
news.samba.org / releases/3.3.8
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
news.samba.org / releases/3.4.2
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 58520
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/36893
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36918
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36937
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36953
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/53574
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/36572
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-839-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2810
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory