CVE-2008-3789
samba - privilege escalation
EPSS 1.1%
Description
Samba 3.2.0 uses weak permissions (0666) for the (1) group_mapping.tdb and (2) group_mapping.ldb files, which allows local users to modify the membership of Unix groups.
How to fix CVE-2008-3789
To remediate CVE-2008-3789, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/samba—upgrade to 2:3.2.3-1 or later
- Debian/samba—upgrade to 2:3.2.1-1+lenny1 or later
Is CVE-2008-3789 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:3.2.3-1
- from 0, < 2:3.2.1-1+lenny1