Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-1296

Title: Ubuntu 73-Oubuntu Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-1296.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Jun 09, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 1.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.29%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-1296: The eCryptfs support utilities (ecryptfs-utils) 73-0ubuntu6.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 stores the mount passphrase in installation logs, which might allow local users to obtain access to the filesystem by reading the log files from disk. NOTE: the log files are only readable by root.

Impacted Vendors

ubuntu 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/35383 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022347 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-783-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51191 http://secunia.com/advisories/35383 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022347 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-783-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51191

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

1.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-1296 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 09, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.