Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1586

Title: Debian Cifs-Utils Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-1586

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Aug 27, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.73%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1586: 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.

Impacted Vendors

debian 1

samba 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665923 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00024.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/6 https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8821 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665923 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00024.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/6 https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8821

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1586 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18783

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 27, 2012 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.