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-2023-32080CriMay 10, 2023
    risk 0.52cvss 9.0epss 0.01

    Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl Panel. A vulnerability affecting versions prior to 1.7.5 and versions 1.11.0 prior to 1.11.6 impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings. This vulnerability can be used to gain access to the host system running Wings…

  • CVE-2021-25653HigJun 24, 2021
    risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.01

    A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities (AVPU) that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1 versions of AVPU.

  • CVE-2021-25651HigJun 24, 2021
    risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.00

    A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Utility Services that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects all 7.x versions of Avaya Aura Utility Services

  • CVE-2018-1087HigMay 15, 2018
    risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.01

    kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions.…

  • CVE-2026-8933HigJul 21, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in snap-confine, a set-capabilities core component used internally by Canonical snapd to construct the secure execution environment for snap applications. This vulnerability uniquely affects versions of snap-confine configured…

  • CVE-2026-12505HigJun 18, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted request_key payload to…

  • CVE-2025-12694HigJun 4, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.

  • CVE-2026-3623HigMay 27, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    IBM Netezza Performance Server Replication Services 3.0.2.0 through 3.0.5.0 allows an attacker with low‑privileged access to escalate their privileges to root. By exploiting this flaw, the attacker can execute root‑level commands, obtain a root shell, and change the root…

  • CVE-2026-33793HigApr 9, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the User Interface (UI) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged attacker to gain root privileges, thus compromising the system. When a configuration that allows unsigned Python…

  • CVE-2025-69783HigMar 16, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    A local attacker can bypass OpenEDR's 2.5.1.0 self-defense mechanism by renaming a malicious executable to match a trusted process name (e.g., csrss.exe, edrsvc.exe, edrcon.exe). This allows unauthorized interaction with the OpenEDR kernel driver, granting access to privileged…

  • CVE-2025-12690HigMar 11, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Execution with unnecessary privileges in Forcepoint NGFW Engine allows local privilege escalation.This issue affects NGFW Engine through 6.10.19, through 7.3.0, through 7.2.4, through 7.1.10.

  • CVE-2026-3315HigMar 10, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Incorrect Default Permissions, : Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in ASSA ABLOY Visionline on Windows allows Configuration/Environment Manipulation.This issue affects Visionline: from 1.0 before 1.33.

  • CVE-2026-0870HigFeb 9, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    MacroHub developed by GIGABYTE has a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. Due to the MacroHub application launching external applications with improper privileges, allowing authenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

  • CVE-2026-1680HigJan 30, 2026
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Improper access control in the WCF endpoint in Edgemo (now owned by Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service 1.2.7.23180 on Windows allows a local user to escalate their privileges to local administrator via direct communication with the LocalAdminService.exe named pipe, bypassing…

  • CVE-2025-48573HigDec 8, 2025
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    In sendCommand of MediaSessionRecord.java, there is a possible way to launch the foreground service while the app is in the background due to FGS while-in-use abuse. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction…

  • CVE-2025-10885HigNov 6, 2025
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    A maliciously crafted file, when executed on the victim's machine, can lead to privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM due to an insufficient validation of loaded binaries. An attacker with local and low-privilege access could exploit this to execute code as SYSTEM.

  • CVE-2025-33003HigOct 31, 2025
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 could allow a non-root user to gain higher privileges/capabilities within the scope of a container due to execution with unnecessary privileges.

  • CVE-2021-47700HigOct 30, 2025
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.7 used a temporary directory for Highcharts exports with overly permissive ownership/permissions under the Apache user. Local or co-hosted processes could read/overwrite export artifacts or manipulate paths, risking disclosure or tampering and…

  • CVE-2020-36868HigOct 30, 2025
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the getprofile.sh helper script. The script performed profile retrieval and initialization routines using insecure file/command handling and insufficient validation of attacker-controlled inputs,…

  • CVE-2018-25123HigOct 30, 2025
    risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00

    Nagios XI versions prior to 5.5.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the MRTG graphing component. MRTG-related processes/scripts executed with excessive privileges, allowing a local attacker with limited system access to abuse file/command execution paths or…