CVE-2013-0157 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the mount and umount utilities of util-linux versions 2.14.1 and 2.17.2, and likely others. Local users can determine the existence of restricted directories by observing differing error messages when using the --guess-fstype option or attempting to mount a non-existent device. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a local attack with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:2.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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