CVE-2014-0240
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-0278)
- Published
- May 27, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0278 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
- modwsgi / mod wsgi
References
- http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html
- http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60094
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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