Is CVE-2014-0185 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-0185 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-0185?

CVE-2014-0185 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-0185

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_unix.c in the FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) in PHP before 5.4.28 and 5.5.x before 5.5.12 uses 0666 permissions for the UNIX socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FastCGI client.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
EPSS score: 0.5% (42th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-0237)
Published: May 6, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0237 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

php / php

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59061(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59329(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.php.net/archive/2014.php#id2014-05-01-1(Vendor Advisory)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1307027(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67060(Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092815(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/35ceea928b12373a3b1e3eecdc32ed323223a40d(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://hoffmann-christian.info/files/php-fpm/0001-Fix-bug-67060-use-default-mode-of-660.patch(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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