LOW
samba: Group mapping information LDB file created with insecure permissions
Published Aug 27, 2008
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.53% 0.00528
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00528
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00528) | 42.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00533) | 40.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.88% (0.00878) | 73.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 35.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 31.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 35.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 33.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 24.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496073 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-3789.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31601 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30837 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020770 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2440 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3789 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460150 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44678 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3789
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3789
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 27, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 26, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3789
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a