CVE-2014-0240

MediumCVSS 6.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.2/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 27, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-0240: Medium severity, CVSS 6.2 | Vulnix