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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-8583 · published 16 December 2014

CVE-2014-8583: Modwsgi mod wsgi vulnerability

MModwsgi · Mod Wsgi

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.

6.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.40% · top 68.1% CWE-254 · CWE-254
6.9CVSS 2.0 base score
0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:253
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68111
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2431-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49
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 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:253
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68111
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2431-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-8583), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.