CVE-2009-1886
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in client/client.c in smbclient in Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.12 might allow context-dependent…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 12.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in client/client.c in smbclient in Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.12 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Samba 3.3.5 - Format String / Security Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33053remote, linuxpublished 19 May 2009Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.2% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- ADV-2009-1664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1823 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1886.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35573 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2009-177-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 35472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-839-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 35539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1022441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6478 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1886.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- samba-smbclient-format-string(51328) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2009-1881 (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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