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CVE-2009-2948

LOW · CVSS 1.9 EPSS 0.52%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-10-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2009-2948
Severity
LOW
CVSS
1.9
EPSS
0.52%

Original NVD 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.