CVE-2008-3789
Samba 3.2.0 uses weak permissions (0666) for the (1) group_mapping.tdb and (2) group_mapping.ldb files, which allows local users to modify the membership of Unix groups.
02 Description
Samba 3.2.0 uses weak permissions (0666) for the (1) group_mapping.tdb and (2) group_mapping.ldb files, which allows local users to modify the membership of Unix groups.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-27 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dfcdb71ae4bfb5ebec1553cecd849e311d6fab2856d6a2ff7fdc894a39f1ac7c
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496073
- www.securityfocus.com30837http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30837
- secunia.com31601http://secunia.com/advisories/31601
- www.securitytracker.com1020770http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020770
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsamba-groupmapping-security-bypass(44678)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44678
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2440http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2440
- samba.orghttp://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080826 CVE Request (samba)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- samba Fixed in 2:3.2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- samba Fixed in 2:3.2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- samba Fixed in 2:3.2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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