CWE-268
Privilege Chaining
Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that combination.
CVE-2025-2297 (GCVE-0-2025-2297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-28 15:40
Modified
2025-07-28 17:22
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
Prior to version 25.4.270.0, a local authenticated attacker can manipulate user profile files to add illegitimate challenge response codes into the local user registry under certain conditions. This allows users with the ability to edit their user profile files to elevate their privileges to administrator.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | Privilege Management for Windows |
Version: 0 |
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CVE-2025-36124 (GCVE-0-2025-36124)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-12 18:45
Modified
2025-08-12 20:37
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-268 - Privilege Chaining
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.8 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a failure to honor JMS messaging configuration
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242027 | vendor-advisory, patch |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | WebSphere Application Server Liberty |
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CVE-2025-49741 (GCVE-0-2025-49741)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-01 22:22
Modified
2025-08-23 00:40
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-268 - Privilege Chaining
Summary
No cwe for this issue in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49741 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) |
Version: 1.0.0.0 < 135.0.3179.98 |
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CVE-2025-7973 (GCVE-0-2025-7973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-14 13:52
Modified
2025-08-14 15:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-268 - Privilege Chaining
Summary
A security issue exists in FactoryTalk ViewPoint version 14.0 or below due to improper handling of MSI repair operations. During a repair, attackers can hijack the cscript.exe console window, which runs with SYSTEM privileges. This can be exploited to spawn an elevated command prompt, enabling full privilege escalation.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Rockwell Automation | FactoryTalk® ViewPoint |
Version: Version 14.00 or below |
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Mitigation ID: MIT-49
Phase: Architecture and Design
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Description:
- Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
Mitigation ID: MIT-1
Phases: Architecture and Design, Operation
Description:
- Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation ID: MIT-17
Phases: Architecture and Design, Operation
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Description:
- Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.