Multiple format string vulnerabilities in client/client.c in smbclient in Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.12 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename.
CVE-2009-1886
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 9.3 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 12.2% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Public exploit code is available (Exploit-DB (verified), epss top5pct, public exploit)
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 9.3HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 9.3(low)
- EG Risk
- 72(Track)EG Risk 72/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity93% × 45%Exploitation65% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 12%
- EPSS %ILE
- 96%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 25, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (30)
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35539
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35573
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35606
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36918
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1823
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:196
- secalert@redhathttp://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1886.patch
- secalert@redhathttp://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1886.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35472
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022441
- secalert@redhathttp://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.521591
- secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1
- secalert@redhathttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1664
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6478
- secalert@redhathttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51328
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | samba (2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2) @ jaunty | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | — | 2:3.3.6-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | — | 2:3.3.6-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | — | 2:3.3.6-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | — | 2:3.3.6-1 | — |
Debian:5.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | 2:3.2.5-4, 2:3.2.5-4lenny1, 2:3.2.5-4lenny2, 2:3.2.5-4lenny3, 2:3.2.5-4lenny4 | 2:3.2.5-4lenny6 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(1)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 2× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 104 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-08-25 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 16:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 01:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 21:40 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-09 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 16:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-06 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-03 10:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 16:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 13:38 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.30
- 2026-07-25 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 22:11 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-24 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 00:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-23 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-23 00:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 09:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 16:58 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 75 moreShow fewer
- 2026-07-15 16:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 16:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 01:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 22:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 06:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 08:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 08:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 17:41 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-06 16:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:52 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:52 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-19 04:55 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-18 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-18 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-17 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-17 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-15 17:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-14 23:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-14 23:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-13 22:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-12 23:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-12 23:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-10 22:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-10 13:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 06:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-02 20:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-02 20:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-01 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-01 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 00:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 00:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-30 16:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-30 16:23 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-30 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-05-29 13:40 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-25 05:07 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-05-22 21:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-22 21:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-33053✓ verifiedFirst seen May 19, 2009
Samba 3.3.5 - Format String / Security Bypass
Open source ↗
Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)
Same vendor
10 shownubuntu
- CVE-2004-0989EG 10.0EPSS p97HIGH
- CVE-2004-0990EG 10.0EPSS p98HIGH
- CVE-2004-1010EG 10.0EPSS p95HIGH
- CVE-2004-0941EG 10.0EPSS p95HIGH
- CVE-2004-0981EG 10.0EPSS p93HIGH
- CVE-2004-0882EG 10.0EPSS p96HIGH
- CVE-2004-0888EG 10.0EPSS p95HIGH
- CVE-2004-1012EG 10.0EPSS p93HIGH
- CVE-2004-1013EG 10.0EPSS p93HIGH
- CVE-2004-1018EG 10.0EPSS p97HIGH
Same CWE
10 shownCWE-134
- CVE-2008-7228EG 10.0HIGH
- CVE-2009-2548EG 10.0EPSS p91HIGH
- CVE-2009-1210EG 10.0EPSS p96HIGH
- CVE-2008-6520EG 10.0EPSS p91HIGH
- CVE-2008-6519EG 10.0EPSS p93HIGH
- CVE-2008-5982EG 10.0EPSS p94HIGH
- CVE-2008-3533EG 10.0EPSS p97HIGH
- CVE-2008-3116EG 10.0EPSS p92HIGH
- CVE-2008-0764EG 10.0EPSS p94HIGH
- CVE-2007-5561EG 10.0EPSS p94HIGH
Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2009-1886?
When was CVE-2009-1886 disclosed?
Is CVE-2009-1886 actively exploited?
How do I remediate CVE-2009-1886?
Dependency Blast Radius
See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2009-1886
Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2009-1886?
EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.