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CVE-2014-8169

CVE-2014-8169

EPSS 0.3%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1