{"cve":"CVE-2014-0240","nvd":{"published":"2014-05-27T14:55:12.197","modified":"2026-06-17T00:02:37.517","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"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"],"products":["modwsgi:mod_wsgi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-0240","score":0.00411,"percentile":0.35416,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}