CVE-2014-8169
EPSS 0.34%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-8169
To remediate CVE-2014-8169, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/autofs—upgrade to 5.0.8-2 or later
Is CVE-2014-8169 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.0.8-2