CVE-2014-8169

MEDIUM 4.4CVE-2014-8169 · Published 18/03/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8169 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability affecting automount (automount project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 27.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
automount automount_project	`= 5.0.8`	No fix yet

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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html · Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html · Third Party Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com/bid/73211
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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