CVE-2014-2209

Facebook HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) before 3.1.0 does not drop supplemental group memberships within hphp/util/capability.cpp and hphp/util/light-process.cpp, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging group permissions for a file or directory.

Published: 2014-12-28 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2209 is rated Moderate Risk (49.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.77% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2209

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.30% 2.07% +1.77%
2 2025-04-11 0.35% 0.30% -0.05%
3 2025-03-30 0.35%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2209

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
facebook hiphop_virtual_machine <= 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hiphop_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2209

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