CVE-2014-8169

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-03-02

Description

automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpretedlanguages, 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.

See more information about CVE-2014-8169 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (autofs)	ELSA-2015-1344	2015-07-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (autofs)	ELSA-2015-2417	2015-11-23

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