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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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.55%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496073 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- samba-groupmapping-security-bypass(44678) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080826 CVE Request (samba) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3775 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-3789)Record last updated .