CVE-2014-8169

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8169
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-18 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionautomount 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Automount Project Automount 5.0.8 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:0475-1: moderate: Security update for autofs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Automount CVE-2014-8169 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 1192565 – CVE-2014-8169 autofs: priv escalation via interpreter load path for program based automount maps af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
USN-2579-1: autofs vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Bug 917977 – VUL-0: CVE-2014-8169: autofs: potential privilege escalation via interpreter load path for program-based automount maps af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2014-8169 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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