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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,…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 42 days later
· 42 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 68111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140619 CVE request: mod_wsgi group privilege dropping [was Re: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5)] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-49 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1590 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141104 Re: CVE request: mod_wsgi group privilege dropping [was Re: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5)] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-2431-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-8420 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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