CVE-2004-0082
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.50% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- samba/samba
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/WHATSNEW-3.0.2a.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-078.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/3919
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9637Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3388eff9-5d6e-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A827
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/WHATSNEW-3.0.2a.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-078.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/3919
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9637Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3388eff9-5d6e-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A827
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.