TI-2014-01748 Aliases CVE-2014-2209 GHSA-pfmj-wcxj-rwm5

Facebook HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) before 3.1.0 does not drop supplemental group…

LOW 27CWE-264Published 2014-12-28 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02073 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hiphop_virtual_machine::::::::	up to 3.0.1	Vulnerable	Meta

cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hiphop_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·Meta

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-2209
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pfmj-wcxj-rwm5

References

Other 1

https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/851fff90a9b7461df2393af32239ba217bc25946

TI-2019-02635 Heap-based buffer overflow in Meta HHVM CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-01747 CRLF injection vulnerability in the LightProcess protocol implementation in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2014-05126 Integer overflow in the string_chunk_split function in hphp/runtime/base/zend-string.cpp… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2014-05127 The HashContext class in hphp/runtime/ext/ext_hash.cpp in Facebook HipHop Virtual Machine… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2014-04389 The mcrypt_create_iv function in hphp/runtime/ext/mcrypt/ext_mcrypt.cpp in Facebook… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2014-07899 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WddxPacket::recursiveAddVar function in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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