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CVE-2009-2948

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 enfo…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
SambaSamba
from 3.0.0 before 3.0.37
from 3.2.0 before 3.2.15
from 3.3.0 before 3.3.8
from 3.4.0 before 3.4.2

Weakness classification

CWE-732

References