CVE-2008-3789

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496073Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.htmlVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31601Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30837Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020770Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2440Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44678Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496073Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.htmlVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31601Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30837Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020770Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2440Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44678Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Aug 27, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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