CVE-2009-1296

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51191

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-1294

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-783-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022347

http://secunia.com/advisories/35383

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-06-09

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00293