#VU16083 Privilege escalation in PHP - CVE-2014-0185

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16083

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0185

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
PHP
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: PHP Group

Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. The weakness exists due to 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. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges via a crafted FastCGI client.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

: 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.27, 5.5.0 - 5.5.11

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External links
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67060

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.