CVE-2012-1586

low
Published 2012-08-27 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1586

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:5.3-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2:5.3-2
debian debianforkyfixed2:5.3-2
debian debiansidfixed2:5.3-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2:5.3-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debian debiancifs-utils2.6

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.