CWE-273
Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
Description
The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.
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CVEs mapped to this weakness (46)
page 2 of 3| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2023-34322 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Jan 5, 2024 | For migration as well as to work around kernels unaware of L1TF (see XSA-273), PV guests may be run in shadow paging mode. Since Xen itself needs to be mapped when PV guests run, Xen and shadowed PV guests run directly the respective shadow page tables. For 64-bit PV guests… | ||
| CVE-2023-35692 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Jul 14, 2023 | In getLocationCache of GeoLocation.java, there is a possible way to send a mock location during an emergency call due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for… | ||
| CVE-2019-20044 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Feb 24, 2020 | In Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing MODULE_PATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls… | ||
| CVE-2018-8599 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Dec 12, 2018 | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka "Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio,… | ||
| CVE-2006-2916 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Jun 15, 2006 | artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges. | ||
| CVE-2026-32107 | Hig | 0.50 | 8.8 | 0.00 | Apr 17, 2026 | xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions through 0.10.5, the session execution component did not properly handle an error during the privilege drop process. This improper privilege management could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate privileges to root and… | ||
| CVE-2026-21882 | — | Hig | 0.48 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Mar 2, 2026 | theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0. | |
| CVE-2026-58086 | Hig | 0.46 | 8.1 | 0.00 | Aug 19, 2026 | As an inadvertent side effect of an unrelated code change, PRIV_KTRACE was always denied to a jailed root user. Tracing configured by a jailed root user was therefore not flagged as privileged. An unprivileged user in a jail that has permission to debug the target process can… | ||
| CVE-2026-49421 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.1 | 0.00 | Aug 19, 2026 | The kernel function that implements unlinkat(2) and funlinkat(2) validated the AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH flag but failed to pass it through to the underlying path lookup. The flag was silently dropped, so path resolution was not actually restricted. A process that uses… | ||
| CVE-2023-5369 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.1 | 0.00 | Oct 4, 2023 | Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively. Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK… | ||
| CVE-2026-54552 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.9 | 0.00 | Aug 18, 2026 | sh provides Python process launching. Prior to 2.2.4, the _uid option in sh.py performs an incomplete privilege drop on Linux and Unix-like systems. When sh runs from an elevated process and launches a command with _uid set to an unprivileged user, the child changes its UID but… | ||
| CVE-2019-18276 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.03 | Nov 28, 2019 | An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux… | ||
| CVE-2024-25420 | Hig | 0.40 | 7.2 | 0.01 | Mar 26, 2024 | An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component. | ||
| CVE-2023-26239 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Oct 5, 2023 | An issue was discovered in WatchGuard EPDR 8.0.21.0002. Due to a weak implementation of a password check, it is possible to obtain credentials to access the management console as a non-privileged user. | ||
| CVE-2021-3982 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Apr 29, 2022 | Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler… | ||
| CVE-2026-35370 | Med | 0.29 | 4.4 | 0.00 | Apr 22, 2026 | The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and… | ||
| CVE-2019-14879 | Med | 0.28 | 5.4 | 0.01 | Jan 7, 2020 | A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked (where applicable). | ||
| CVE-2026-44073 | Med | 0.26 | 5.0 | 0.00 | May 21, 2026 | Authentication modules in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 fail to check the return value of seteuid(), which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to retain elevated privileges under error conditions. | ||
| CVE-2023-0657 | Low | 0.22 | 3.4 | 0.00 | Nov 17, 2024 | A flaw was found in Keycloak. This issue occurs due to improperly enforcing token types when validating signatures locally. This could allow an authenticated attacker to exchange a logout token for an access token and possibly gain access to data outside of enforced permissions. | ||
| CVE-2023-21246 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Jul 13, 2023 | In ShortcutInfo of ShortcutInfo.java, there is a possible way for an app to retain notification listening access due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for… |
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
For migration as well as to work around kernels unaware of L1TF (see XSA-273), PV guests may be run in shadow paging mode. Since Xen itself needs to be mapped when PV guests run, Xen and shadowed PV guests run directly the respective shadow page tables. For 64-bit PV guests…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
In getLocationCache of GeoLocation.java, there is a possible way to send a mock location during an emergency call due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.01
In Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing MODULE_PATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.01
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka "Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio,…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.
- risk 0.50cvss 8.8epss 0.00
xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions through 0.10.5, the session execution component did not properly handle an error during the privilege drop process. This improper privilege management could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate privileges to root and…
- risk 0.48cvss 8.4epss 0.00
theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0.
- risk 0.46cvss 8.1epss 0.00
As an inadvertent side effect of an unrelated code change, PRIV_KTRACE was always denied to a jailed root user. Tracing configured by a jailed root user was therefore not flagged as privileged. An unprivileged user in a jail that has permission to debug the target process can…
- risk 0.46cvss 7.1epss 0.00
The kernel function that implements unlinkat(2) and funlinkat(2) validated the AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH flag but failed to pass it through to the underlying path lookup. The flag was silently dropped, so path resolution was not actually restricted. A process that uses…
- risk 0.46cvss 7.1epss 0.00
Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively. Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK…
- risk 0.44cvss 7.9epss 0.00
sh provides Python process launching. Prior to 2.2.4, the _uid option in sh.py performs an incomplete privilege drop on Linux and Unix-like systems. When sh runs from an elevated process and launches a command with _uid set to an unprivileged user, the child changes its UID but…
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.03
An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux…
- risk 0.40cvss 7.2epss 0.01
An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
An issue was discovered in WatchGuard EPDR 8.0.21.0002. Due to a weak implementation of a password check, it is possible to obtain credentials to access the management console as a non-privileged user.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler…
- risk 0.29cvss 4.4epss 0.00
The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and…
- risk 0.28cvss 5.4epss 0.01
A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked (where applicable).
- risk 0.26cvss 5.0epss 0.00
Authentication modules in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 fail to check the return value of seteuid(), which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to retain elevated privileges under error conditions.
- risk 0.22cvss 3.4epss 0.00
A flaw was found in Keycloak. This issue occurs due to improperly enforcing token types when validating signatures locally. This could allow an authenticated attacker to exchange a logout token for an access token and possibly gain access to data outside of enforced permissions.
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
In ShortcutInfo of ShortcutInfo.java, there is a possible way for an app to retain notification listening access due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for…