VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-8169

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-03-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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