Vulnerability Details : 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.

Vulnerability category: Information leak

Published 2009-06-09 20:30:00

Updated 2017-08-17 01:30:17

Source Canonical Ltd.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1296

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 6 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-1296

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
1.9	LOW	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	3.4	2.9	[email protected]
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None

CWE ids for CVE-2009-1296

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-1296

Red Hat 2009-06-10

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of ecryptfs-utils as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. eCryptfs encrypted home directories are not set up during the system installation, so theres no possibility for leaking encryption passwords to the installation log file.

References for CVE-2009-1296

Products affected by CVE-2009-1296

Ubuntu » Ubuntu » Version: 9.0.4
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:9.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Ubuntu » 73-oubuntu » Version: 6.1
cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:73-oubuntu:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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