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CVE-2014-0240

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
27/05/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The mod_wsgi module before 3.5 for Apache, when daemon mode is enabled, does not properly handle error codes returned by setuid when run on certain Linux kernels, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the number of running processes.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.20
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:modwsgi:mod_wsgi:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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