CVE-2009-2813: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.0. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.5.8 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.5.8 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 11 only
• Samba Samba: version 3.0.12 only; version 3.0.13 only; version 3.0.14 only; version 3.0.14a only; version 3.0.15 only; version 3.0.16 only; …

Published 2009-09-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.