CVE-2012-1586: Debian Cifs-Utils

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Cifs-Utils: version 2.6 only

Published 2012-08-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.