Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-8169
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 30.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.4
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html
- 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=1192565
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html
- 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=1192565
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977
Products affected by CVE-2014-8169
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cpe:2.3:a:automount_project:automount:5.0.8
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0