CVE-2014-8169 | Mend Vulnerability Database

Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2014-8169

CVE-2014-8169

Published:March 18, 2015

Updated:May 07, 2026

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.

Related Resources (10)

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8169

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8169

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8169

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