Improper Umask Handling in mountall 1.54 Allows Local Users to Bypass Access Restrictions

CVE-2014-1421 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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