CVE-2014-8169
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.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- automount_project:automount
- opensuse:opensuse
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation