CVE-2009-2948
EPSS 0.15%
Description
mount.cifs in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8 and 3.4 before 3.4.2, when mount.cifs is installed suid root, does not properly enforce permissions, which allows local users to read part of the credentials file and obtain the password by specifying the path to the credentials file and using the --verbose or -v option.
How to fix CVE-2009-2948
To remediate CVE-2009-2948, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/samba—upgrade to 2:3.4.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2948 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:3.4.2-1