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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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