VYPR

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

BaseDraftLikelihood: Medium

Description

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Hierarchy (View 1000)

Children

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-104 · CAPEC-470 · CAPEC-69

CVEs mapped to this weakness (358)

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  • CVE-2026-48098HigAug 7, 2026
    risk 0.47cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    NexTor IP Changer is a command-line tool that leverages the Tor network to periodically rotate a user's IP address. Versions prior to 2.0.0 execute privileged system commands using `sudo` and `shell=True` directly inside application logic. In environments where passwordless sudo…

  • CVE-2026-10843HigJun 4, 2026
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    A flaw was found in the OpenShift Cloud Credential Operator Mint-mode IAM policies for AWS. Operator credentials are provisioned with account-wide scope for destructive actions rather than being restricted to cluster-owned resources, enabling cross-scope impact after credential…

  • CVE-2026-42061HigJun 3, 2026
    risk 0.47cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected: Acronis DeviceLock DLP (Windows) before build 9.0.15051.93227.

  • CVE-2026-4667HigApr 15, 2026
    risk 0.47cvss epss 0.00

    HP System Optimizer might potentially be vulnerable to escalation of privilege. HP is releasing an update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

  • CVE-2025-58383HigFeb 3, 2026
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.01

    A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.1c2 could allow an administrator-level user to execute the bind command, to escalate privileges and bypass security controls allowing the execution of arbitrary commands.

  • CVE-2025-36184HigJan 30, 2026
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 - 11.5.9 could allow an instance owner to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary privileges operated at a higher than minimum level.

  • CVE-2025-46430HigNov 10, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    Dell Display and Peripheral Manager, versions prior to 2.1.2.12, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

  • CVE-2025-43990HigNov 5, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    Dell Command Monitor (DCM), versions prior to 10.12.3.28, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

  • CVE-2025-36137HigOct 30, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.2.0.7 through 6.2.0.9 iFix004, 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.2 iFix001, and 6.3.0.2 through 6.3.0.5 iFix002 incorrectly assigns permissions for maintenance tasks to Control Center Director (CCD) users that could allow a privileged user to escalate…

  • CVE-2025-36048HigJun 18, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    IBM webMethods Integration Server 10.5, 10.7, 10.11, and 10.15 could allow a privileged user to escalate their privileges when handling external entities due to execution with unnecessary privileges.

  • CVE-2025-23009HigApr 10, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client which allows an attacker to trigger an arbitrary file deletion.

  • CVE-2025-23008HigApr 10, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    An improper privilege management vulnerability in the SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client allows a low privileged attacker to modify configurations.

  • CVE-2024-2240HigFeb 14, 2025
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00

    Docker daemon in Brocade SANnav before SANnav 2.3.1b runs without auditing. The vulnerability could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute various attacks.

  • CVE-2024-21184HigJul 16, 2024
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.01

    Vulnerability in the Oracle Database RDBMS Security component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 19.3-19.23. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having Execute on SYS.XS_DIAG privilege with network access via Oracle…

  • CVE-2024-35154HigJul 9, 2024
    risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.01

    IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker, who has authorized access to the administrative console, to execute arbitrary code. Using specially crafted input, the attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code…

  • CVE-2023-34118HigJul 11, 2023
    risk 0.47cvss 7.3epss 0.00

    Improper privilege management in Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.14.5 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2026-25710HigMay 13, 2026
    risk 0.46cvss epss 0.00

    The new upstream added a privileged D-Bus helper called plasmaloginauthhelper, which suffers from multiple issues, e.g.aA compromised plasmalogin service account can chown() arbitrary files in the system.

  • CVE-2025-8907HigAug 13, 2025
    risk 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.00

    A vulnerability was found in H3C M2 NAS V100R006. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Webserver Configuration. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an…

  • CVE-2025-6019HigJun 19, 2025
    risk 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.00

    A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allow_active" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an…

  • CVE-2024-13090HigJun 10, 2025
    risk 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.00

    A privilege escalation vulnerability may enable a service account to elevate its privileges. The sudo rules configured for a local service account were excessively permissive, potentially allowing administrative access if a malicious actor could execute arbitrary commands as…