Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1586

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.

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Affected products

Debian/Cifs Utils
cpe:2.3:a:debian:cifs-utils:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cifs-utils/mount.cifsllm-fuzzy
Range: 2.6
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/cifs-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 6.5-1.5

Patches

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00024.htmlnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/1nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/6nvd
bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cginvd

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