CVE-2014-8169 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in automount 5.0.8, affecting automount_project, openSUSE, and Red Hat. The flaw allows local users to gain privileges by exploiting how automount handles environment variables for program maps written in interpreted languages, leading to the execution of a Trojan horse program from the user's home directory. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it requires local access and moderate attack complexity, potentially resulting in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:automount_project:automount:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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