Samba 2.0.7 Web Administration Tool improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samba 2.0.7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Administration Tool. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0937. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samba 2.0.7 (File Transfer Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web Administration Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 2.0.7 does not log login attempts in which the username is correct but the password is wrong, which allows remote attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

The weakness was presented 12/19/2000 by Miah as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0937. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38149 (Samba SWAT Logging Failure Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5442), Exploit-DB (20340), SecurityFocus (BID 1873†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6687†). See VDB-16149 and VDB-16150 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: samba.org

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Miah
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16148
X-Force: 5442
SecurityFocus: 1873 - SAMBA SWAT Logging Failure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6687 - SWAT in Samba 2.0.7 does not Log Login Attempts, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:15
Updated: 10/12/2025 06:28
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:15 (64), 05/28/2019 18:41 (1), 01/29/2025 16:33 (19), 10/12/2025 06:28 (2)
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