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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2803)
- Published
- September 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2803 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- fedoraproject / fedora
- samba / samba
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and 28 more…
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126514298313071&w=2
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/
- http://osvdb.org/57955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36893(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36918(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36937(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36953(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37428(Vendor Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021111.1-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Vendor Advisory)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2813.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36363
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53174
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7211
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7257
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7791
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9191
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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