CWE-269
DiscouragedImproper Privilege Management
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
5653 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-338Q-VJFF-J9CR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:25 – Updated: 2024-01-04 03:30An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1535, CVE-2020-1539, CVE-2020-1540, CVE-2020-1541, CVE-2020-1542, CVE-2020-1543, CVE-2020-1544, CVE-2020-1545, CVE-2020-1546, CVE-2020-1547, CVE-2020-1551.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-1536"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-08-17T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka \u0027Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1535, CVE-2020-1539, CVE-2020-1540, CVE-2020-1541, CVE-2020-1542, CVE-2020-1543, CVE-2020-1544, CVE-2020-1545, CVE-2020-1546, CVE-2020-1547, CVE-2020-1551.",
"id": "GHSA-338q-vjff-j9cr",
"modified": "2024-01-04T03:30:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:25:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1536"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1536"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-339V-9XV2-QG2W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:48 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:48Kubernetes CRI-O version prior to 1.9 contains a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability in the handling of ambient capabilities that can result in containers running with elevated privileges, allowing users abilities they should not have. This attack appears to be exploitable via container execution. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-1000400"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-05-18T18:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Kubernetes CRI-O version prior to 1.9 contains a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability in the handling of ambient capabilities that can result in containers running with elevated privileges, allowing users abilities they should not have. This attack appears to be exploitable via container execution. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.",
"id": "GHSA-339v-9xv2-qg2w",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:48:36Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:48:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000400"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/pull/1558/files"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104262"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-33FQ-QM4M-CJW3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:48 – Updated: 2023-07-06 22:02baserCMS (baserCMS 4.1.0.1 and earlier versions, baserCMS 3.0.15 and earlier versions) allows remote attackers to bypass access restriction for a content to view a file which is uploaded by a site user via unspecified vectors.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 3.0.15"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "baserproject/basercms"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.16"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 4.1.0.1"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "baserproject/basercms"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.1.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-0573"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-06T22:02:52Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2018-06-26T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "baserCMS (baserCMS 4.1.0.1 and earlier versions, baserCMS 3.0.15 and earlier versions) allows remote attackers to bypass access restriction for a content to view a file which is uploaded by a site user via unspecified vectors.",
"id": "GHSA-33fq-qm4m-cjw3",
"modified": "2023-07-06T22:02:52Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:48:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0573"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://basercms.net/security/JVN67881316"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN67881316/index.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "baserCMS Access Control Bypass "
}
GHSA-33GQ-Q699-4W29
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-03 21:31 – Updated: 2025-02-03 21:31With address book access, SMB/FTP settings could be modified, redirecting scans and possibly capturing credentials. This requires enabled scan functions and printer access.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-12511"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-03T20:15:32Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "With address book access, SMB/FTP settings could be modified, redirecting scans and possibly capturing credentials. This requires enabled scan functions and printer access.",
"id": "GHSA-33gq-q699-4w29",
"modified": "2025-02-03T21:31:49Z",
"published": "2025-02-03T21:31:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12511"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://securitydocs.business.xerox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Xerox-Security-Bulletin-XRX25-003-for-Xerox%C2%AE-for-VersaLinkPhaser-and-WorkCentre.pdf"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-33J2-JQMJ-8HX4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:43 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:43The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-14484"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-09-15T10:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe \"chown -R\" command is executed.",
"id": "GHSA-33j2-jqmj-8hx4",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:43:26Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:43:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14484"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603408"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-33PQ-4V9H-PCHM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:36After installing the IBM Maximo Health- Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1, a user is granted additional privileges that they are not normally allowed to access. IBM X-Force ID: 165948.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-4546"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-10-29T00:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "After installing the IBM Maximo Health- Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1, a user is granted additional privileges that they are not normally allowed to access. IBM X-Force ID: 165948.",
"id": "GHSA-33pq-4v9h-pchm",
"modified": "2024-04-04T02:36:09Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:00:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4546"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165948"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1087738"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-33R9-QFG8-468W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-06 00:30 – Updated: 2022-12-07 18:30A vulnerability within the malware removal functionality of Avast and AVG Antivirus allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.10.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-4173"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-06T00:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability within the malware removal functionality of Avast and AVG Antivirus allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.10.",
"id": "GHSA-33r9-qfg8-468w",
"modified": "2022-12-07T18:30:28Z",
"published": "2022-12-06T00:30:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4173"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-33RM-CRCQ-MMJH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:20 – Updated: 2023-12-28 18:30NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41367, CVE-2021-42283.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-41370"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-11-10T01:19:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41367, CVE-2021-42283.",
"id": "GHSA-33rm-crcq-mmjh",
"modified": "2023-12-28T18:30:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:20:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41370"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-41370"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-33RP-RJJM-5R9M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:32 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:32This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 13.3, watchOS 6.1.1, iCloud for Windows 10.9, macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra, iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3, iTunes 12.10.3 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.16. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-8848"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-10-27T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 13.3, watchOS 6.1.1, iCloud for Windows 10.9, macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra, iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3, iTunes 12.10.3 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.16. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-33rp-rjjm-5r9m",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:32:27Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:32:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8848"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210785"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210789"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210790"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210793"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210794"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210795"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-33RP-RRFH-H9W8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-22 18:30 – Updated: 2024-08-22 21:31An issue in the component Access64.sys of Wistron Corporation TBT Force Power Control v1.0.0.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via sending crafted IOCTL requests.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-33226"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-22T16:15:10Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An issue in the component Access64.sys of Wistron Corporation TBT Force Power Control v1.0.0.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via sending crafted IOCTL requests.",
"id": "GHSA-33rp-rrfh-h9w8",
"modified": "2024-08-22T21:31:28Z",
"published": "2024-05-22T18:30:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33226"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/DriverHunter/Win-Driver-EXP/tree/main/CVE-2024-33226"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-48
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Mitigation MIT-49
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse
An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.
CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.
CAPEC-58: Restful Privilege Elevation
An adversary identifies a Rest HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permission method allowing them to perform various malicious actions upon server data due to lack of access control mechanisms implemented within the application service accepting HTTP messages.