HIGH
security flaw
Published Sep 1, 2004
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.50%
Description
The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite the user password with an uninitialized buffer, which could enable the account with a more easily guessable password.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.50% 0.03497
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03497
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03497) | 88.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03497) | 87.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02082) | 82.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00736) | 81.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.04% (0.01042) | 84.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 1.04% (0.01042) | 82.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01588) | 85.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/WHATSNEW-3.0.2a.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-078.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.osvdb.org/3919 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9637 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3388eff9-5d6e-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0082 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617143 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15132 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0082
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A827 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0082
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/WHATSNEW-3.0.2a.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-078.shtml | third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/3919 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9637 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3388eff9-5d6e-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0082 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617143 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15132 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0082 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A827 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0082 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 1, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jan 19, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0082
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a