NVD

Id
40151  
Name
CVE-2013-4559  
Description
lighttpd before 1.4.33 does not check the return value of the (1) setuid, (2) setgid, or (3) setgroups functions, which might cause lighttpd to run as root if it is restarted and allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by multiple calls to the clone function that cause setuid to fail when the user process limit is reached.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.6  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.6  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
4.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-18  
Published
2013-11-20  
Modified Date
2016-12-07  
Seq
2013-4559  

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