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 (358)
page 18 of 18| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-13104 | Hig | 0.00 | 7.3 | 0.00 | Jul 16, 2026 | A potential vulnerability was reported in Lenovo App Store, distributed exclusively in the Chinese market, that could allow a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. | ||
| CVE-2026-15584 | Hig | 0.00 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Jul 13, 2026 | A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can exec into them and obtain root access on… | ||
| CVE-2026-42486 | Cri | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 9, 2026 | [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: … | ||
| CVE-2026-23562 | Cri | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 9, 2026 | [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: … | ||
| CVE-2026-23561 | Cri | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 9, 2026 | [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: … | ||
| CVE-2026-23560 | Cri | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 9, 2026 | [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: … | ||
| CVE-2026-23559 | Cri | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 9, 2026 | [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: … | ||
| CVE-2025-61909 | Med | 0.00 | 4.4 | 0.00 | Oct 16, 2025 | Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. From 2.10.0 to before 2.15.1, 2.14.7, and 2.13.13, the safe-reload script (also used during systemctl reload icinga2) and logrotate configuration shipped with Icinga 2 read the PID of the main Icinga 2 process from a PID file… | ||
| CVE-2023-0664 | Hig | 0.00 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Mar 29, 2023 | A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system. | ||
| CVE-2022-1808 | Hig | 0.00 | 8.8 | 0.03 | May 31, 2022 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.3. | ||
| CVE-2021-41035 | Cri | 0.00 | 9.8 | 0.02 | Oct 25, 2021 | In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.29.0, the JVM does not throw IllegalAccessError for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods. | ||
| CVE-2020-26278 | Med | 0.00 | 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-2020-14386 | Med | 0.00 | 6.7 | 0.01 | Sep 16, 2020 | A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. | ||
| CVE-2020-2023 | Low | 0.00 | 3.8 | 0.01 | Jun 10, 2020 | Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata… | ||
| CVE-2019-10143 | Hig | 0.00 | 7.0 | 0.00 | May 24, 2019 | It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a… | ||
| CVE-2018-10853 | Hig | 0.00 | 7.0 | 0.00 | Sep 11, 2018 | A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to… | ||
| CVE-2018-10892 | Med | 0.00 | 5.3 | 0.01 | Jul 6, 2018 | The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling bluetooth or turning up/down keyboard brightness. | ||
| CVE-2003-0043 | 0.00 | — | 0.05 | Feb 7, 2003 | Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file. |
- risk 0.00cvss 7.3epss 0.00
A potential vulnerability was reported in Lenovo App Store, distributed exclusively in the Chinese market, that could allow a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
- risk 0.00cvss 7.5epss 0.00
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can exec into them and obtain root access on…
- risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: …
- risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: …
- risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: …
- risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: …
- risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: …
- risk 0.00cvss 4.4epss 0.00
Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. From 2.10.0 to before 2.15.1, 2.14.7, and 2.13.13, the safe-reload script (also used during systemctl reload icinga2) and logrotate configuration shipped with Icinga 2 read the PID of the main Icinga 2 process from a PID file…
- risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.00
A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.
- risk 0.00cvss 8.8epss 0.03
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.3.
- risk 0.00cvss 9.8epss 0.02
In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.29.0, the JVM does not throw IllegalAccessError for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods.
- risk 0.00cvss 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 0.00cvss 6.7epss 0.01
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
- risk 0.00cvss 3.8epss 0.01
Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata…
- risk 0.00cvss 7.0epss 0.00
It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a…
- risk 0.00cvss 7.0epss 0.00
A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to…
- risk 0.00cvss 5.3epss 0.01
The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling bluetooth or turning up/down keyboard brightness.
- CVE-2003-0043Feb 7, 2003risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.05
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.