CVE-2012-1586

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    CVE-2012-1586

    Published: 27 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8821, 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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High