CVE-2014-8583
mod_wsgi before 4.2.4 for Apache, when creating a daemon process group, does not properly handle when group privileges cannot be dropped, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-254
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- modwsgi:mod_wsgi
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00036.html
- http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:253
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7