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CVE-2014-8169 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565 CVEIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977 CVEIssue Tracking
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8169
NVD Published Date:
Mar 18, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-8169 Details - Not Deferred