php: insecure default permissions on the FPM unix socket
Published May 6, 2014
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.51%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php53
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the php and php53 packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue is not planned to be addressed in the php packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-0185 for further details.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 40.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 38.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 19.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 12.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59061 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59329 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/archive/2014.php#id2014-05-01-1 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0185 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1307027 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67060 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092815 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/35ceea928b12373a3b1e3eecdc32ed323223a40d x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://hoffmann-christian.info/files/php-fpm/0001-Fix-bug-67060-use-default-mode-of-660.patch x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0185
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0185
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