Samba 2.0.7 Web Administration Tool User information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samba 2.0.7. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Administration Tool. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (User). This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2000-0938. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Samba 2.0.7 (File Transfer Software). This affects an unknown function of the component Web Administration Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (User). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 2.0.7 supplies a different error message when a valid username is provided versus an invalid name, which allows remote attackers to identify valid users on the server.

The weakness was shared 12/19/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0938. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10590 (Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) Error Message Username Enumeration), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38148 (Samba SWAT User Account Brute Force Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (10590) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-276†). The entries VDB-16148 and VDB-16150 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: User
Class: Information disclosure / User
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10590
Nessus Name: Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) Error Message Username Enumeration
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12/19/2000 🔍
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01/08/2001 +20 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: samba.org

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0938 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0938
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16149
X-Force: 5442
Vulnerability Center: 276 - Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) Valid User Info Leakage, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:21
Updated: 10/12/2025 06:28
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:21 (63), 06/25/2021 10:17 (3), 10/12/2025 06:28 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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