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.

Published: 2009-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1296 is rated Low Risk (15.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

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

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.29% +0.22%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1296

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1296

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1296

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2009-1296 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ecryptfs-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1296
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1296
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-1296 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ecryptfs-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1296

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2009-1296

  • Red Hat (2009-06-10T00:00:00)

    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.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ubuntu 73-oubuntu 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:73-oubuntu:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubuntu ubuntu 9.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:9.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1296

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