4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977