CVE-2009-1296

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

Ubuntu 73-Oubuntu: 6.1
Ubuntu: 9.0.4

References

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

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