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 (373)

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  • CVE-2025-33109HigJul 24, 2025
    risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00

    IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by an invalid database authority check. A bad actor could execute a database procedure or function without having all required permissions, in addition to causing denial of service for some…

  • CVE-2025-1137HigMay 10, 2025
    risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00

    IBM Storage Scale 5.2.2.0 and 5.2.2.1, under certain configurations, could allow an authenticated user to execute privileged commands due to improper input neutralization.

  • CVE-2023-4003HigSep 27, 2023
    risk 0.49cvss 7.6epss 0.00

    One Identity Password Manager version 5.9.7.1 - An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a workstation may upgrade privileges to SYSTEM through an unspecified method. CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges.

  • CVE-2023-25521HigJul 4, 2023
    risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00

    NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of…

  • CVE-2026-21882HigMar 2, 2026
    risk 0.48cvss 8.4epss 0.00

    theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0.

  • CVE-2025-36186HigNov 7, 2025
    risk 0.48cvss 7.4epss 0.00

    IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) under specific configurations could allow a local user to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary privileges operated at a higher than…

  • CVE-2025-55077HigAug 7, 2025
    risk 0.48cvss 7.4epss 0.00

    Tyler Technologies ERP Pro 9 SaaS allows an authenticated user to escape the application and execute limited operating system commands within the remote Microsoft Windows environment with the privileges of the authenticated user. Tyler Technologies deployed hardened remote…

  • CVE-2024-27147HigJun 14, 2024
    risk 0.48cvss 7.4epss 0.00

    The Toshiba printers are vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. An attacker can remotely compromise any Toshiba printer. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.

  • CVE-2024-22017HigMar 19, 2024
    risk 0.48cvss 7.3epss 0.01

    setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid(). This vulnerability affects all users…

  • CVE-2023-1966HigApr 28, 2023
    risk 0.48cvss 7.4epss 0.01

    Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v1.x and v2.x contain an unnecessary privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor could upload and execute code remotely at the operating system level, which could allow an attacker to change settings,…

  • 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 0.01

    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.