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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8169

Published: Mar 18, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8169
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Enterprise_linux_desktopRedhat6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_hpc_nodeRedhat6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_serverRedhat6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_workstationRedhat6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatautofs-1:5.0.5-113.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatautofs-1:5.0.7-54.el7*
AutofsUbuntudevel*
AutofsUbuntuupstream*
AutofsUbuntuutopic*
AutofsUbuntuvivid*
Autofs5Ubuntuupstream*

References

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