Information Exposure Affecting cifs-utils package, versions <2:5.3-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.73% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-CIFSUTILS-21004829
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed27 Aug 2012

Introduced: 27 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-1586  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest cifs-utils to version 2:5.3-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cifs-utils package and not the cifs-utils package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1