UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8169

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8169

    Published: 18 Mar 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8169
    Aliases:
    USN-2579-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8169, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2579-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8169

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: autofs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1

    Affected versions

    5.0.7-3ubuntu1
    5.0.7-3ubuntu2
    5.0.7-3ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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