CVE-2014-8169 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-8169

automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, automount, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0, 5.0.8, 13.1, 13.2

Timeline

Official Publish: March 18th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.