CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-1421

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Mountall version 1.54, used in Ubuntu 14.10, does not properly handle the umask when using the mount utility, allowing local users to bypass intended access restrictions.

Risk Assessment

Local users may gain access to resources they should not have access to, potentially leading to security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to a newer version of mountall that improves umask handling and secures against this type of attack.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

mountall 1.54, as used in Ubuntu 14.10, does not properly handle the umask when using the mount utility, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS