CWE-250
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
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)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-104 · CAPEC-470 · CAPEC-69
CVEs mapped to this weakness (375)
page 16 of 19| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2024-28140 | Med | 0.40 | 6.1 | 0.00 | Dec 11, 2024 | The scanner device boots into a kiosk mode by default and opens the Scan2Net interface in a browser window. This browser is run with the permissions of the root user. There are also several other applications running as root user. This can be confirmed by running "ps aux" as… | ||
| CVE-2026-20017 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Mar 4, 2026 | A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on an affected… | ||
| CVE-2023-20210 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Jul 12, 2023 | A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability… | ||
| CVE-2019-16784 | Hig | 0.39 | 7.0 | 0.01 | Jan 14, 2020 | In PyInstaller before version 3.6, only on Windows, a local privilege escalation vulnerability is present in this particular case: If a software using PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is launched by a privileged user (at least more than the current one) which have his "TempPath"… | ||
| CVE-2026-46618 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.01 | Jun 10, 2026 | Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.23.0, before the round-1 security sweep, pkg/builder/builder.go passed Environment.spec.builder.command directly into… | ||
| CVE-2025-1790 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Feb 13, 2026 | Local privilege escalation in Genetec Sipelia Plugin. An authenticated low-privileged Windows user could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. | ||
| CVE-2026-25740 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Feb 9, 2026 | captive browser, a dedicated Chrome instance to log into captive portals without messing with DNS settings. In 25.05 and earlier, when programs.captive-browser is enabled, any user of the system can run arbitrary commands with the CAP_NET_RAW capability (binding to privileged… | ||
| CVE-2024-47903 | Med | 0.38 | 5.8 | 0.00 | Oct 23, 2024 | A vulnerability has been identified in InterMesh 7177 Hybrid 2.0 Subscriber (All versions < V8.2.12), InterMesh 7707 Fire Subscriber (All versions < V7.2.12 only if the IP interface is enabled (which is not the default configuration)). The web server of affected devices allows… | ||
| CVE-2023-43018 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.00 | Nov 3, 2023 | IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and Advanced 10.1, 11.1 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. IBM X-Force ID: 266163. | ||
| CVE-2020-26278 | Med | 0.38 | 5.8 | 0.01 | Jan 20, 2021 | Weave Net is open source software which creates a virtual network that connects Docker containers across multiple hosts and enables their automatic discovery. Weave Net before version 2.8.0 has a vulnerability in which can allow an attacker to take over any host in the cluster.… | ||
| CVE-2025-58379 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Feb 3, 2026 | Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1 has a vulnerability that could allow a local authenticated attacker to reveal command line passwords using commands that may expose higher privilege sensitive information by a lower privileged user. | ||
| CVE-2021-38118 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Nov 22, 2024 | Possible improper input validation Vulnerability in iManager has been discovered in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.4.0000. | ||
| CVE-2024-5042 | Med | 0.36 | 6.6 | 0.01 | May 17, 2024 | A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire… | ||
| CVE-2023-20217 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Aug 16, 2023 | A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system… | ||
| CVE-2021-0256 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Apr 22, 2021 | A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the mosquitto message broker of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access the ability to read portions of sensitive files, such as the master.passwd file. Since mosquitto is shipped with… | ||
| CVE-2021-0255 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Apr 22, 2021 | A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtraceroute is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is… | ||
| CVE-2019-16767 | Med | 0.36 | 6.6 | 0.01 | Nov 29, 2019 | The admin sys mode is now conditional and dedicated for the special case. By default, since [email protected] no instance (container) is launched with advanced capabilities (not launched as root) | ||
| CVE-2017-7518 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.01 | Jul 30, 2018 | A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB) being raised in the guest stack. A user/process inside a guest could… | ||
| CVE-2026-72654 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Sep 1, 2026 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An operation available to users holding only read access to the machine learning feature was performed with an internal… | ||
| CVE-2026-11626 | Med | 0.35 | — | 0.00 | Jun 10, 2026 | CleanWipe Removal Tool (macOS), prior to 16.0.0.65, may be susceptible to an Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker with limited privilege access on an affected system can escalate their privileges to gain administrative control. |
- risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00
The scanner device boots into a kiosk mode by default and opens the Scan2Net interface in a browser window. This browser is run with the permissions of the root user. There are also several other applications running as root user. This can be confirmed by running "ps aux" as…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on an affected…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability…
- risk 0.39cvss 7.0epss 0.01
In PyInstaller before version 3.6, only on Windows, a local privilege escalation vulnerability is present in this particular case: If a software using PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is launched by a privileged user (at least more than the current one) which have his "TempPath"…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.01
Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.23.0, before the round-1 security sweep, pkg/builder/builder.go passed Environment.spec.builder.command directly into…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
Local privilege escalation in Genetec Sipelia Plugin. An authenticated low-privileged Windows user could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
captive browser, a dedicated Chrome instance to log into captive portals without messing with DNS settings. In 25.05 and earlier, when programs.captive-browser is enabled, any user of the system can run arbitrary commands with the CAP_NET_RAW capability (binding to privileged…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.00
A vulnerability has been identified in InterMesh 7177 Hybrid 2.0 Subscriber (All versions < V8.2.12), InterMesh 7707 Fire Subscriber (All versions < V7.2.12 only if the IP interface is enabled (which is not the default configuration)). The web server of affected devices allows…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.00
IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and Advanced 10.1, 11.1 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. IBM X-Force ID: 266163.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.01
Weave Net is open source software which creates a virtual network that connects Docker containers across multiple hosts and enables their automatic discovery. Weave Net before version 2.8.0 has a vulnerability in which can allow an attacker to take over any host in the cluster.…
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1 has a vulnerability that could allow a local authenticated attacker to reveal command line passwords using commands that may expose higher privilege sensitive information by a lower privileged user.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
Possible improper input validation Vulnerability in iManager has been discovered in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.4.0000.
- risk 0.36cvss 6.6epss 0.01
A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire…
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system…
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the mosquitto message broker of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access the ability to read portions of sensitive files, such as the master.passwd file. Since mosquitto is shipped with…
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtraceroute is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is…
- risk 0.36cvss 6.6epss 0.01
The admin sys mode is now conditional and dedicated for the special case. By default, since [email protected] no instance (container) is launched with advanced capabilities (not launched as root)
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.01
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB) being raised in the guest stack. A user/process inside a guest could…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.01
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An operation available to users holding only read access to the machine learning feature was performed with an internal…
- risk 0.35cvss —epss 0.00
CleanWipe Removal Tool (macOS), prior to 16.0.0.65, may be susceptible to an Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker with limited privilege access on an affected system can escalate their privileges to gain administrative control.