Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting samba package, versions <2:3.4.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-SAMBA-18022156
  • published20 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Oct 2009

Introduced: 7 Oct 2009

CVE-2009-2948  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest samba to version 2:3.4.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba package and not the samba package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1