CVE-2014-8169

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of the values for the user used to run the mapped program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the user home directory.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.4/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Mar 18, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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