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CVE-2009-2813
Samba 3.4 before 3.4.2, 3.3 before 3.3.8, 3.2 before 3.2.15, and 3.0.12 through 3.0.36, as used in the SMB subsystem in Apple Mac OS X…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Samba 3.4 before 3.4.2, 3.3 before 3.3.8, 3.2 before 3.2.15, and 3.0.12 through 3.0.36, as used in the SMB subsystem in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 when Windows File Sharing is enabled, Fedora 11, and other operating systems, does not properly handle errors in resolving pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended sharing restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack home directories.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 28 days later
· 28 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 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References30
- SSRT090212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091112 rPSA-2009-0145-1 samba samba-client samba-server samba-swat (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-10172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1021111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2009-276-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 37428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36937 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-839-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7257 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36363 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36701 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36953 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- macosx-smb-security-bypass(53174) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 57955 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-10180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-2009-2803 (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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