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CVE-2014-0185

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0185 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) component of PHP versions prior to 5.4.28 and 5.5.12. The vulnerability stems from the FPM UNIX socket being created with insecure 0666 permissions, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges through a specially crafted FastCGI client. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php55-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0185Moderate

php: insecure default permissions on the FPM unix socket

Apr 30, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1307027
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59061
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59329
Third Party Advisory
github.com / php/php-src/commit/35ceea928b12373a3b1e3eecdc32ed323223a40d
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
hoffmann-christian.info / files/php-fpm/0001-Fix-bug-67060-use-default-mode-of-660.patch
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT6443
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
php.net / archive/2014.php
Vendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisory