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CVE-2014-8169 json

automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values i…

published 2015-03-18 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8010

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • autofs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0.8-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8169

  • autofs RHEL 7 1:5.0.7-54.el7
  • autofs RHEL 6 1:5.0.5-113.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2417RHSA-2015:1344

  • autofs SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 5.0.9-8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1

  • autofs openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.1.1-3.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10319-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8169 updated cvss 4.6

autofs: priv escalation via interpreter load path for program based automount maps

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) autofs 5.0.7-54.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) autofs 5.0.7-54.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2417
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) autofs 5.0.5-113.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) autofs 5.0.5-113.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) autofs 5.0.5-113.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1344
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) autofs 5.0.7-54.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2417
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) autofs 5.0.5-113.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1344
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) autofs 5.0.7-54.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2417
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 autofs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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