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-7HJJ-WGF7-9885
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-01 21:31 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:31Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Revmakx Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule allows Privilege Escalation, Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule: from n/a through 1.22.20.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-38770"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-01T21:15:27Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Revmakx Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule allows Privilege Escalation, Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule: from n/a through 1.22.20.",
"id": "GHSA-7hjj-wgf7-9885",
"modified": "2024-08-01T21:31:40Z",
"published": "2024-08-01T21:31:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38770"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-time-capsule/wordpress-backup-and-staging-by-wp-time-capsule-plugin-1-22-20-authentication-bypass-and-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-7HJQ-6RPG-GMGH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:10 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:10Path traversal in igdkmd64.sys for Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before versions 15.45.30.5103, 15.40.44.5107, 15.36.38.5117 and 15.33.49.5100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege or denial of service via local access.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-0520"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-03-12T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Path traversal in igdkmd64.sys for Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before versions 15.45.30.5103, 15.40.44.5107, 15.36.38.5117 and 15.33.49.5100 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege or denial of service via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-7hjq-6rpg-gmgh",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:10:52Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:10:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0520"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200320-0003"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00315.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-7HPM-HH7X-5M56
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2022-01-14 00:03Netskope client prior to 89.x on macOS is impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The XPC implementation of nsAuxiliarySvc process does not perform validation on new connections before accepting the connection. Thus any low privileged user can connect and call external methods defined in XPC service as root, elevating their privilege to the highest level.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-41388"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-01-04T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Netskope client prior to 89.x on macOS is impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The XPC implementation of nsAuxiliarySvc process does not perform validation on new connections before accepting the connection. Thus any low privileged user can connect and call external methods defined in XPC service as root, elevating their privilege to the highest level.",
"id": "GHSA-7hpm-hh7x-5m56",
"modified": "2022-01-14T00:03:09Z",
"published": "2022-01-05T00:00:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41388"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.netskope.com/company/security-compliance-and-assurance/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2021-002"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-7HRM-VJJG-H867
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:47 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:47Windows Secure Kernel Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-27090"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-04-13T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Windows Secure Kernel Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-7hrm-vjjg-h867",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:47:16Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:47:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27090"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27090"
}
],
"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-7HW6-2R4V-CV73
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-16 00:01 – Updated: 2022-05-24 00:00Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-43229, CVE-2021-43231.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-43230"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-12-15T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-43229, CVE-2021-43231.",
"id": "GHSA-7hw6-2r4v-cv73",
"modified": "2022-05-24T00:00:45Z",
"published": "2021-12-16T00:01:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43230"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43230"
}
],
"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-7J2H-F54C-QV9J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-06-16 00:00 – Updated: 2022-06-25 00:00Vulnerabilities in the Drive Composer allow a low privileged attacker to create and write to a file anywhere on the file system as SYSTEM with arbitrary content as long as the file does not already exist. The Drive Composer installer file allows a low-privileged user to run a "repair" operation on the product.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-31216"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-59"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-06-15T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerabilities in the Drive Composer allow a low privileged attacker to create and write to a file anywhere on the file system as SYSTEM with arbitrary content as long as the file does not already exist. The Drive Composer installer file allows a low-privileged user to run a \"repair\" operation on the product.",
"id": "GHSA-7j2h-f54c-qv9j",
"modified": "2022-06-25T00:00:54Z",
"published": "2022-06-16T00:00:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31216"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108467A0305\u0026LanguageCode=en\u0026DocumentPartId=\u0026Action=Launch\u0026_ga=2.38192870.478847987.1655218701-372504397.1647012599"
}
],
"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-7J5Q-G763-3RGH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:19 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:19Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation through the Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId functionality. Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId fails to check that the request was submitted by an Administrator. This allows a normal user to escalate their privileges by adding additional roles to their account.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-11679"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-04T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation through the Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId functionality. Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId fails to check that the request was submitted by an Administrator. This allows a normal user to escalate their privileges by adding additional roles to their account.",
"id": "GHSA-7j5q-g763-3rgh",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:19:16Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:19:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11679"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.securitymetrics.com/blog/attackers-known-unknown-authorization-bypass"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157954/Castel-NextGen-DVR-1.0.0-Bypass-CSRF-Disclosure.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/8"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-7J73-5732-4XCF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:08 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:08Improper permissions in the installer for Intel(R) MPSS before version 3.8.6 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-0563"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-13T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper permissions in the installer for Intel(R) MPSS before version 3.8.6 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-7j73-5732-4xcf",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:08:54Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:08:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0563"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00340.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-7JF9-RWMJ-R483
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:54 – Updated: 2022-12-03 00:30IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.1 IF1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.2 IF1, and 6.1.0.1 IF2 db2hpum and db2hpum_debug binaries are setuid root and have built-in options that allow an low privileged user the ability to load arbitrary db2 libraries from a privileged context. This results in arbitrary code being executed with root authority. IBM X-Force ID: 163489.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-4448"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-26T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.1 IF1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.2 IF1, and 6.1.0.1 IF2 db2hpum and db2hpum_debug binaries are setuid root and have built-in options that allow an low privileged user the ability to load arbitrary db2 libraries from a privileged context. This results in arbitrary code being executed with root authority. IBM X-Force ID: 163489.",
"id": "GHSA-7jf9-rwmj-r483",
"modified": "2022-12-03T00:30:20Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:54:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4448"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163489"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10964592"
}
],
"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-7JFH-HM8H-M5RQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-18 00:30 – Updated: 2026-02-18 00:30A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard Software for Linux. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23599"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-18T00:16:18Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard Software for Linux. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-7jfh-hm8h-m5rq",
"modified": "2026-02-18T00:30:16Z",
"published": "2026-02-18T00:30:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23599"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05012en_us\u0026docLocale=en_US"
}
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"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.