# CVE-2009-2948: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local users can read Samba credentials files and obtain passwords via mount.cifs verbose mode when installed suid root.

- **Severity:** Low 1.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Oct 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948, ECHO-057c-2ccd-e5e2, GHSA-fwxv-68qg-w737

## What is CVE-2009-2948?

CVE-2009-2948 is a low-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 7 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2948?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samba Samba.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-2948?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2009-2948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-2948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-2948 is a low-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 7 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samba Samba. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.