CVE - CVE-2014-8169

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8169	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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MISC:73211 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211 MISC:RHSA-2015:1344 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html MISC:USN-2579-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1 MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565 MISC:https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977 URL:https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2015:0475 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20141010	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141010)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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