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 (373)
page 6 of 19| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-40602 | Med | 0.55 | 6.6 | 0.02 | KEV | Dec 18, 2025 | A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC). | |
| CVE-2025-14096 | — | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Dec 17, 2025 | A vulnerability exists in multiple Radiometer products that allow an attacker with physical access to the analyzer possibility to extract credential information. The vulnerability is due to a weakness in the design and insufficient credential protection in operating system. … | |
| CVE-2025-50753 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Aug 26, 2025 | Mitrastar GPT-2741GNAC-N2 devices are provided with access through ssh into a restricted default shell.The command "deviceinfo show file" is supposed to be used from restricted shell to show files and directories. By providing " /bin/sh" (quotes included) to the argument of this… | ||
| CVE-2025-33108 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.5 | 0.01 | Jun 14, 2025 | IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with… | ||
| CVE-2025-33103 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.5 | 0.00 | May 17, 2025 | IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system. | ||
| CVE-2025-1951 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Apr 22, 2025 | IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems V10.2.1030.0 and V10.3.1050.0 could allow a local user to execute commands as a privileged user due to execution of commands with unnecessary privileges. | ||
| CVE-2024-35142 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | May 31, 2024 | IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0 through 10.0.6 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to execution of unnecessary privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 292418. | ||
| CVE-2024-27260 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | May 16, 2024 | IBM AIX could 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1 allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 283985. | ||
| CVE-2024-27110 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | May 14, 2024 | Elevation of privilege vulnerability in GE HealthCare EchoPAC products | ||
| CVE-2022-41290 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Dec 23, 2022 | IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the rm_rlcache_file command to obtain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 236690. | ||
| CVE-2026-54501 | Cri | 0.54 | — | 0.01 | Sep 17, 2026 | Browsertrix is a high-fidelity, browser-based crawling service for web archiving that can be self-hosted or used through Webrecorder's hosted instance. From 1.15.0 until 1.22.8, Browsertrix improperly sanitizes Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors, allowing command injection… | ||
| CVE-2026-87506 | Hig | 0.54 | 8.3 | 0.00 | Sep 9, 2026 | Privilege elevation in WebUI in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) | ||
| CVE-2025-67510 | Cri | 0.54 | 9.4 | 0.00 | Dec 10, 2025 | Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. In versions 2.8.11 and below, the MySQLWriteTool executes arbitrary SQL provided by the caller using PDO::prepare() + execute() without semantic restrictions. This is consistent with the name (“write tool”),… | ||
| CVE-2023-27313 | Hig | 0.54 | 8.3 | 0.01 | Oct 12, 2023 | SnapCenter versions 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow an authenticated unprivileged user to gain access as an admin user. | ||
| CVE-2023-27010 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Mar 13, 2023 | Wondershare Dr.Fone v12.9.6 was discovered to contain weak permissions for the service WsDrvInst. This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges via modifying or overwriting the executable. | ||
| CVE-2026-17445 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | Aug 12, 2026 | IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper validation of an attacker-supplied user profile name. | ||
| CVE-2024-21924 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | Feb 11, 2025 | SMM callout vulnerability within the AmdPlatformRasSspSmm driver could allow a ring 0 attacker to modify boot services handlers, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. | ||
| CVE-2024-20999 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | Apr 16, 2024 | Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle… | ||
| CVE-2023-5207 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.01 | Sep 30, 2023 | A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE and EE affecting all versions starting 16.0 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. An authenticated attacker could perform arbitrary pipeline execution under the context of another user. | ||
| CVE-2022-22239 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | Oct 18, 2022 | An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges on the device and potentially remote systems. This vulnerability allows… |
- risk 0.55cvss 6.6epss 0.02
A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
A vulnerability exists in multiple Radiometer products that allow an attacker with physical access to the analyzer possibility to extract credential information. The vulnerability is due to a weakness in the design and insufficient credential protection in operating system. …
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
Mitrastar GPT-2741GNAC-N2 devices are provided with access through ssh into a restricted default shell.The command "deviceinfo show file" is supposed to be used from restricted shell to show files and directories. By providing " /bin/sh" (quotes included) to the argument of this…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.5epss 0.01
IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i 7.4 and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to a library unqualified call made by a BRMS program. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.5epss 0.00
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems V10.2.1030.0 and V10.3.1050.0 could allow a local user to execute commands as a privileged user due to execution of commands with unnecessary privileges.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0 through 10.0.6 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to execution of unnecessary privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 292418.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM AIX could 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1 allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 283985.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in GE HealthCare EchoPAC products
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the rm_rlcache_file command to obtain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 236690.
- risk 0.54cvss —epss 0.01
Browsertrix is a high-fidelity, browser-based crawling service for web archiving that can be self-hosted or used through Webrecorder's hosted instance. From 1.15.0 until 1.22.8, Browsertrix improperly sanitizes Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors, allowing command injection…
- risk 0.54cvss 8.3epss 0.00
Privilege elevation in WebUI in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- risk 0.54cvss 9.4epss 0.00
Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. In versions 2.8.11 and below, the MySQLWriteTool executes arbitrary SQL provided by the caller using PDO::prepare() + execute() without semantic restrictions. This is consistent with the name (“write tool”),…
- risk 0.54cvss 8.3epss 0.01
SnapCenter versions 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow an authenticated unprivileged user to gain access as an admin user.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.01
Wondershare Dr.Fone v12.9.6 was discovered to contain weak permissions for the service WsDrvInst. This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges via modifying or overwriting the executable.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper validation of an attacker-supplied user profile name.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
SMM callout vulnerability within the AmdPlatformRasSspSmm driver could allow a ring 0 attacker to modify boot services handlers, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.01
A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE and EE affecting all versions starting 16.0 prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1. An authenticated attacker could perform arbitrary pipeline execution under the context of another user.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges on the device and potentially remote systems. This vulnerability allows…