CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-0185

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) in PHP before 5.4.28 and 5.5.x before 5.5.12, 0666 permissions are used for the UNIX socket, allowing local users to gain privileges via a crafted FastCGI client.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update PHP to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the UNIX socket only to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_unix.c in the FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) in PHP before 5.4.28 and 5.5.x before 5.5.12 uses 0666 permissions for the UNIX socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FastCGI client.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS