Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2014-8583 | First vendor Publication | 2014-12-16 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2017-07-01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 6.9 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8583 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-254 | Security Features |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28467 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28467 | ||
| Title: | USN-2431-1 -- mod_wsgi vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that mod_wsgi incorrectly handled errors when setting up the working directory and group access rights. A malicious application could possibly use this issue to cause a local privilege escalation when using daemon mode. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2431-1 CVE-2014-8583 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.10 Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | mod-wsgi |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-27 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2018-987.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-04-18 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update. File : al2_ALAS-2018-987.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-03 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-49.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-31 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-180.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-16 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-253.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-09 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2014-753.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-05 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2431-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-04 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2431-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-07-14 | Name : The remote web server module is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerabil... File : mod_wsgi_4_2_4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2021-05-04 12:34:56 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:42:32 |
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| 2020-05-23 01:53:41 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:42:45 |
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| 2017-07-01 09:23:12 |
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| 2017-01-04 13:23:10 |
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| 2016-12-31 09:24:22 |
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| 2016-04-27 01:26:14 |
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| 2015-04-02 13:27:45 |
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| 2015-03-28 09:26:15 |
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| 2014-12-17 21:24:44 |
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| 2014-12-17 13:25:31 |
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| 2014-12-16 21:24:44 |
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