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CVE-2012-1586

mount.cifs in cifs-utils 2.6 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files or directories via the file path in the second argument, which reveals their existence in an error message.

Published: Aug 28, 2012
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2012-1586
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-200

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
debian / cifs-utils	2.6	2.6.x

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665923
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00024.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/6
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8821

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