CVE-2014-8169
"WebSEAL automount Environment Variable Injection Vulnerability"
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 18, 2015, 4:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the autofs package.
- If using SUSE, use YaST online_update or the zypper command to apply the patch.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2014-8169.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8169 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8169
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2014-8169 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2014-8169 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565 Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was found that program-based automounter maps that used interpreted languages such as Python would use standard environment variables to locate and load modules of those languages. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. 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. Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1344 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2417 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8169 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description 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. It was found that program-based automounter maps that used interpreted languages such as Python would use standard environment variables to locate and load modules of those languages. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1344 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8169 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2417 [No Types Assigned] -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 30, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:automount_project:automount:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:automount_project:automount:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977 Issue Tracking -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:automount_project:automount:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.4
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.11 }} 0.05%
score
0.30447
percentile