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.
5632 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-6F33-684H-CWH7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-19 21:31 – Updated: 2024-04-19 21:31Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance on Windows, 64 bit (local appliance api modules) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects U-Series Appliance: from 3.4 before 4.0.3.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-4018"
],
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"CWE-269"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-19T21:15:08Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance on Windows, 64 bit (local appliance api modules) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects U-Series Appliance: from 3.4 before 4.0.3.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-6f33-684h-cwh7",
"modified": "2024-04-19T21:31:08Z",
"published": "2024-04-19T21:31:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4018"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/u-series-appliance/bt-appliance-u-series-software-4-0-3.htm"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6F4X-QW3X-8C3F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:10 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:10An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows ActiveX Installer Service improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows ActiveX Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0770, CVE-2020-0860.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-0773"
],
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"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-03-12T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows ActiveX Installer Service improperly handles memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka \u0027Windows ActiveX Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0770, CVE-2020-0860.",
"id": "GHSA-6f4x-qw3x-8c3f",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:10:54Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:10:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0773"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0773"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6F5C-W4PR-3XR4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:33 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:33A local elevation of privilege using physical access security vulnerability was found in HPE Proliant Gen10 Servers using Intel Innovation Engine (IE). This attack requires a physical attack to the server motherboard. To mitigate this issue, ensure your server is always physically secured. HPE will not address this issue in the impacted Gen 10 servers listed. HPE recommends using appropriate physical security methods as a compensating control to disallow an attacker from having physical access to the server main circuit board.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-7207"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-11-05T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A local elevation of privilege using physical access security vulnerability was found in HPE Proliant Gen10 Servers using Intel Innovation Engine (IE). This attack requires a physical attack to the server motherboard. To mitigate this issue, ensure your server is always physically secured. HPE will not address this issue in the impacted Gen 10 servers listed. HPE recommends using appropriate physical security methods as a compensating control to disallow an attacker from having physical access to the server main circuit board.",
"id": "GHSA-6f5c-w4pr-3xr4",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:33:16Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:33:16Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7207"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US\u0026docId=emr_na-hpesbhf04002en_us"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6F7Q-39M5-XJW6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-11 21:31 – Updated: 2024-08-01 15:31In config_gov_time_windows of tmu.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-22008"
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"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-11T19:15:47Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In config_gov_time_windows of tmu.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.",
"id": "GHSA-6f7q-39m5-xjw6",
"modified": "2024-08-01T15:31:31Z",
"published": "2024-03-11T21:31:24Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22008"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2024-03-01"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6F82-QGQ9-9H8F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-08 03:31 – Updated: 2026-04-02 21:31A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. An app may be able to elevate privileges.
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"CVE-2024-23276"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-08T02:15:49Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. An app may be able to elevate privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-6f82-qgq9-9h8f",
"modified": "2026-04-02T21:31:38Z",
"published": "2024-03-08T03:31:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23276"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120884"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120886"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214083"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214085"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214085"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/23"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6FF4-8QPP-Q7Q3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:14 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:14An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0942, CVE-2020-1029.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-0944"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-04-15T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service improperly handles file operations, aka \u0027Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0942, CVE-2020-1029.",
"id": "GHSA-6ff4-8qpp-q7q3",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:14:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:14:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0944"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0944"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6FFR-69V4-Q8XM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-19 18:30 – Updated: 2024-09-19 18:30logiops through 0.3.4, in its default configuration, allows any unprivileged user to configure its logid daemon via an unrestricted D-Bus service, including setting malicious keyboard macros. This allows for privilege escalation with minimal user interaction.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-45752"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-19T16:15:04Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "logiops through 0.3.4, in its default configuration, allows any unprivileged user to configure its logid daemon via an unrestricted D-Bus service, including setting malicious keyboard macros. This allows for privilege escalation with minimal user interaction.",
"id": "GHSA-6ffr-69v4-q8xm",
"modified": "2024-09-19T18:30:51Z",
"published": "2024-09-19T18:30:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45752"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226598"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/PixlOne/logiops/releases"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6FG2-HVJ9-832F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-03 18:30 – Updated: 2024-07-03 22:06There is a ClusterRole in piraeus-operator v2.5.0 and earlier which has been granted list secrets permission, which allows an attacker to impersonate the service account bound to this ClusterRole and use its high-risk privileges to list confidential information across the cluster.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator/v2"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
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"last_affected": "2.5.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-33398"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-03T20:31:38Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-03T16:15:11Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "There is a ClusterRole in piraeus-operator v2.5.0 and earlier which has been granted list secrets permission, which allows an attacker to impersonate the service account bound to this ClusterRole and use its high-risk privileges to list confidential information across the cluster.",
"id": "GHSA-6fg2-hvj9-832f",
"modified": "2024-07-03T22:06:25Z",
"published": "2024-05-03T18:30:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33398"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/d0c11fae5ba4789946ae33175d0f9edb"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/HouqiyuA/k8s-rbac-poc"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://piraeus.io"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "piraeus-operator allows attacker to impersonate service account"
}
GHSA-6FGX-GV8W-PGFV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:14 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:14An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Update Stack fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0985.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-0996"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-04-15T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Update Stack fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka \u0027Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0985.",
"id": "GHSA-6fgx-gv8w-pgfv",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:14:36Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:14:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0996"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0996"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6FHX-FM6H-HPXQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-20 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-03 21:32In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-48279"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-436"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-01-20T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.",
"id": "GHSA-6fhx-fm6h-hpxq",
"modified": "2025-04-03T21:32:49Z",
"published": "2023-01-20T21:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48279"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2795"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2797"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ"
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI"
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}
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.