CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
ClassDraftLikelihood: Medium
Description
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-122 · CAPEC-233 · CAPEC-58
CVEs mapped to this weakness (568)
page 27 of 29| CVE | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-51324 | Low | 0.25 | 3.8 | 0.00 | Feb 11, 2025 | An issue in the BdApiUtil driver of Baidu Antivirus v5.2.3.116083 allows attackers to terminate arbitrary process via executing a BYOVD (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver) attack. | |
| CVE-2017-15053 | Med | 0.25 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Nov 27, 2017 | TeamPass before 2.1.27.9 does not properly enforce manager access control when requesting roles.queries.php. It is then possible for a manager user to modify any arbitrary roles within the application, or delete any arbitrary role. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker must have the manager rights on the application, then tamper with the requests sent directly, for example by changing the "id" parameter when invoking "delete_role" on roles.queries.php. | |
| CVE-2017-15052 | Med | 0.25 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Nov 27, 2017 | TeamPass before 2.1.27.9 does not properly enforce manager access control when requesting users.queries.php. It is then possible for a manager user to delete an arbitrary user (including admin), or modify attributes of any arbitrary user except administrator. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker must have the manager rights on the application, then tamper with the requests sent directly, for example by changing the "id" parameter when invoking "delete_user" on users.queries.php. | |
| CVE-2026-27456 | Med | 0.24 | 4.7 | 0.00 | Apr 3, 2026 | util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Prior to version 2.41.4, a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerability has been identified in the SUID binary /usr/bin/mount from util-linux. The mount binary, when setting up loop devices, validates the source file path with user privileges via fork() + setuid() + realpath(), but subsequently re-canonicalizes and opens it with root privileges (euid=0) without verifying that the path has not been replaced between both operations. Neither O_NOFOLLOW, nor inode comparison, nor post-open fstat() are employed. This allows a local unprivileged user to replace the source file with a symlink pointing to any root-owned file or device during the race window, causing the SUID binary to open and mount it as root. Exploitation requires an /etc/fstab entry with user,loop options whose path points to a directory where the attacker has write permission, and that /usr/bin/mount has the SUID bit set (the default configuration on virtually all Linux distributions). The impact is unauthorized read access to root-protected files and block devices, including backup images, disk volumes, and any file containing a valid filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 2.41.4. | |
| CVE-2024-43446 | Low | 0.23 | 3.5 | 0.00 | Jan 27, 2025 | An improper privilege management vulnerability in OTRS Generic Interface module allows change of the Ticket status even if the user only has ro permissions. This issue affects: * OTRS 7.0.X * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS 2024.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected | |
| CVE-2026-31369 | Low | 0.21 | 3.2 | 0.00 | Apr 21, 2026 | PcManager is affected by type privilege bypass, successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability | |
| CVE-2024-23253 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Mar 8, 2024 | A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library. | |
| CVE-2017-5084 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Oct 27, 2017 | Inappropriate implementation in image-burner in Google Chrome OS prior to 59.0.3071.92 allowed a local attacker to read local files via dbus-send commands to a BurnImage D-Bus endpoint. | |
| CVE-2017-6954 | Med | 0.21 | 4.3 | 0.00 | Mar 17, 2017 | An issue was discovered in includes/component.php in the BuddyPress Docs plugin before 1.9.3 for WordPress. It is possible for authenticated users to edit documents of other users without proper permissions. | |
| CVE-2026-44218 | Low | 0.20 | 3.0 | 0.00 | May 12, 2026 | ciguard is a static security auditor for CI/CD pipelines. From 0.1.0 to 0.8.1, the published ghcr.io/jo-jo98/ciguard container image inherits the default root user because the Dockerfile lacks a USER directive. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.2. | |
| CVE-2017-1150 | Low | 0.20 | 3.1 | 0.00 | Mar 8, 2017 | IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow an authenticated attacker with specialized access to tables that they should not be permitted to view. IBM Reference #: 1999515. | |
| CVE-2024-29210 | Low | 0.18 | 2.8 | 0.00 | May 7, 2024 | A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been identified in Phish Alert Button for Outlook (PAB), specifically within its configuration management functionalities. This vulnerability allows a regular user to modify the application's configuration file to redirect update checks to an arbitrary server, which can then be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2024-29209 to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The issue stems from improper permission settings on the application's configuration file, which is stored in a common directory accessible to all users. This file includes critical parameters, such as the update server URL. By default, the application does not enforce adequate access controls on this file, allowing non-privileged users to modify it without administrative consent. An attacker with regular user access can alter the update server URL specified in the configuration file to point to a malicious server. When the application performs its next update check, it will contact the attacker-controlled server. If the system is also vulnerable to CVE-2024-29209, the attacker can deliver a malicious update package that, when executed, grants them elevated privileges. Impact: This vulnerability can lead to a regular user executing code with administrative privileges. This can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, installation of additional malware, and a full takeover of the affected system. Affected Products: Phish Alert Button (PAB) for Outlook versions 1.10.0-1.10.11 Second Chance Client versions 2.0.0-2.0.9 PIQ Client versions 1.0.0-1.0.15 Remediation: KnowBe4 has released a patch that corrects the permission settings on the configuration file to prevent unauthorized modifications. Automated updates will be pushed to address this issue. Users of affected versions should verify the latest version is applied and, if not, apply the latest updates provided by KnowBe4. Workarounds: Manually set the correct permissions on the configuration file to restrict write access to administrators only. Credits: This vulnerability was discovered by Ceri Coburn at Pen Test Partners, who reported it responsibly to the vendor. | |
| CVE-2024-39302 | Low | 0.17 | 3.7 | 0.00 | Jun 28, 2024 | BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. An attacker may be able to exploit the overly elevated file permissions in the `/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/resque-2.6.0` directory with the goal of privilege escalation, potentially exposing sensitive information on the server. This issue has been patched in version(s) 2.6.18, 2.7.8 and 3.0.0-alpha.7. | |
| CVE-2017-10292 | Low | 0.15 | 2.3 | 0.00 | Oct 19, 2017 | Vulnerability in the RDBMS Security component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2 and 12.2.0.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having Create User privilege with logon to the infrastructure where RDBMS Security executes to compromise RDBMS Security. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of RDBMS Security accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 2.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). | |
| CVE-2025-57840 | Low | 0.14 | 2.2 | 0.00 | Dec 24, 2025 | ADB(Android Debug Bridge) is affected by type privilege bypass, successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service availability. | |
| CVE-2025-10650 | Low | 0.12 | — | 0.00 | Sep 18, 2025 | SoftIron HyperCloud 2.5.0 through 2.6.3 may incorrectly add user SSH keys to the administrator-level authorized keys under certain conditions, allowing unauthorized privilege escalation to admin via SSH. Affects non-production debug and internal development builds created between versions 2.5.0 and 2.6.3. No generally available (GA) or customer-released production builds were affected. There is no evidence that this issue was exposed in customer environments or production deployments. | |
| CVE-2012-3993 | 0.09 | — | 0.81 | Oct 10, 2012 | The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an "XrayWrapper pollution" issue. | ||
| CVE-2010-4347 | 0.04 | — | 0.08 | Dec 22, 2010 | The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a custom ACPI method in the ACPI interpreter tables, related to the acpi_debugfs_init function in drivers/acpi/debugfs.c. | ||
| CVE-2010-3301 | 0.04 | — | 0.07 | Sep 22, 2010 | The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression. | ||
| CVE-2014-5207 | 0.03 | — | 0.00 | Aug 18, 2014 | fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does not properly restrict clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID, and MNT_NOEXEC and changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to gain privileges, interfere with backups and auditing on systems that had atime enabled, or cause a denial of service (excessive filesystem updating) on systems that had atime disabled via a "mount -o remount" command within a user namespace. |