CWE-269— Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.— MITRE CWE catalog
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CVEs classified under CWE-269page 25 of 108
- CVE-2020-36549HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-17
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GE Voluson S8. Affected is the underlying Windows XP operating system. Missing patches might introduce an excessive attack surface. Access to the local network is required for this attack…
- CVE-2022-1654HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-13
Jupiter Theme <= 6.10.1 and JupiterX Core Plugin <= 2.0.7 allow any authenticated attacker, including a subscriber or customer-level attacker, to gain administrative privileges via the "abb_uninstall_template" (both) and "jupiterx_core_cp_…
- CVE-2022-2063HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-13
Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository nocodb/nocodb prior to 0.91.7+.
- CVE-2022-31496HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-09
LibreHealth EHR Base 2.0.0 allows incorrect interface/super/manage_site_files.php access.
- CVE-2021-36710HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-08
ToaruOS 1.99.2 is affected by incorrect access control via the kernel. Improper MMU management and having a low GDT address allows it to be mapped in userland. A call gate can then be written to escalate to CPL 0.
- CVE-2019-9971HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-07
PhoneSystem Terminal in 3CX Phone System (Debian based installation) 16.0.0.1570 allows an attacker to gain root privileges by using sudo with the tcpdump command, without a password. This occurs because the -z (aka postrotate-command) opt…
- CVE-2022-1770HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-05-20
Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2.
- CVE-2022-21182HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-05-12
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the router configuration import functionality of InHand Networks InRouter302 V3.5.4. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to increased privileges. An attacker can send an HTTP request to …
- CVE-2022-1397HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-05-10
API Privilege Escalation in GitHub repository alextselegidis/easyappointments prior to 1.5.0. Full system takeover.
- CVE-2022-20759HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-05-03
A vulnerability in the web services interface for remote access VPN features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged, remote attac…
- CVE-2021-36207HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-29
Under certain circumstances improper privilege management in Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS servers versions 10 and 11 could allow an authenticated user to elevate their privileges to administrator.
- CVE-2022-1227HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-29
A privilege escalation flaw was found in Podman. This flaw allows an attacker to publish a malicious image to a public registry. Once this image is downloaded by a potential victim, the vulnerability is triggered after a user runs the 'pod…
- CVE-2022-22315HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-27
IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) 7.2.2.1 could allow an authenticated user with special permissions to obtain elevated privileges due to improper handling of permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 217955.
- CVE-2022-0071HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-19
Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3101. Hotdog, prior to v1.0.2, did not mimic the resource limits, device restrictions, or syscall filters of the target JVM process. This would allow a container to exhaust the resources of the host, modify devi…
- CVE-2022-0070HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-19
Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.
- CVE-2021-3101HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-19
Hotdog, prior to v1.0.1, did not mimic the capabilities or the SELinux label of the target JVM process. This would allow a container to gain full privileges on the host, bypassing restrictions set on the container.
- CVE-2021-3100HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-19
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
- CVE-2022-23259HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-15
Microsoft Dynamics 365 On-Premises Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-24842HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-12
MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. A security issue was found where an non-admin user is able to create service accounts for root or other admin users and then is able to assum…
- CVE-2022-22572HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-11
A non-admin user with user management permission can escalate his privilege to admin user via password reset functionality. The vulnerability affects Incapptic Connect version < 1.40.1.
- CVE-2022-1316HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-11
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in GitHub repository zerotier/zerotierone prior to 1.8.8. Local Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-45891HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-05
An issue was discovered in Softwarebuero Zauner ARC 4.2.0.4., that allows attackers to escalate privileges within the application, since all permission checks are done client-side, not server-side.
- CVE-2022-0799HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-04-05
Insufficient policy enforcement in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 99.0.4844.51 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted offline installer file.
- CVE-2021-39772HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-03-30
In Bluetooth, there is a possible way to access the a2dp audio control switch due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not neede…
- CVE-2022-22394HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-03-21
The IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.14.000 server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper enforcement of access controls. By signing in, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security and…
- CVE-2022-24750HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-03-10
UltraVNC is a free and open source remote pc access software. A vulnerability has been found in versions prior to 1.3.8.0 in which the DSM plugin module, which allows a local authenticated user to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) o…
- CVE-2021-39301HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-16
Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in UEFI firmware (BIOS) for some PC products which may allow escalation of privilege and arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2021-39300HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-16
Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in UEFI firmware (BIOS) for some PC products which may allow escalation of privilege and arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2021-39299HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-16
Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in UEFI firmware (BIOS) for some PC products which may allow escalation of privilege and arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2021-39298HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-16
A potential vulnerability in AMD System Management Mode (SMM) interrupt handler may allow an attacker with high privileges to access the SMM resulting in arbitrary code execution which could be used by malicious actors to bypass security m…
- CVE-2021-39297HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-16
Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in UEFI firmware (BIOS) for some PC products which may allow escalation of privilege and arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2022-23604HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-15
x26-Cogs is a repository of cogs made by Twentysix for the Red Discord bot. Among these cogs is the Defender cog, a tool for Discord server moderation. A vulnerability in the Defender cog prior to version 1.10.0 allows users with admin pri…
- CVE-2022-22509HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-02
In Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH Series 2xxx in version 3.00 an incorrect privilege assignment allows an low privileged user to enable full access to the device configuration.
- CVE-2021-45222HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-01-24
An issue was discovered in COINS Construction Cloud 11.12. Due to logical flaws in the human ressources interface, it is vulnerable to privilege escalation by HR personnel.
- CVE-2021-44981HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-01-24
In QuickBox Pro v2.5.8 and below, the config.php file has a variable which takes a GET parameter value and parses it into a shell_exec(''); function without properly sanitizing any shell arguments, therefore remote code execution is possib…
- CVE-2022-23118HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-01-12
Jenkins Debian Package Builder Plugin 1.6.11 and earlier implements functionality that allows agents to invoke command-line `git` at an attacker-specified path on the controller, allowing attackers able to control agent processes to invoke…
- CVE-2022-21920HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-01-11
Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-21857HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-01-11
Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-43876HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-29
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-45896HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-27
Nokia FastMile 3TG00118ABAD52 devices allow privilege escalation by an authenticated user via is_ctc_admin=1 to login_web_app.cgi and use of Import Config File.
- CVE-2021-43858HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-27
MinIO is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. Prior to version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z`, a malicious client can hand-craft an HTTP API call that allows for updating policy for a user and gaining higher privileges. The p…
- CVE-2021-45337HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-27
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM privileges to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" process wsc_proxy.exe which could lead to acquire antimalw…
- CVE-2021-45336HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-27
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Sandbox component of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local sandboxed code to gain elevated privileges by using system IPC interfaces which could lead to exit the sandbox and acquire SYSTEM p…
- CVE-2021-3376HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-14
An issue was discovered in Cuppa CMS Versions Before 31 Jan 2021 allows authenticated attackers to gain escalated privileges via a crafted POST request using the user_group_id_field parameter.
- CVE-2021-43040HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-12-06
An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. The privileged vaultServer could be leveraged to create arbitrary writable files, leading to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2021-28710HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-11-21
certain VT-d IOMMUs may not work in shared page table mode For efficiency reasons, address translation control structures (page tables) may (and, on suitable hardware, by default will) be shared between CPUs, for second-level translation (…
- CVE-2021-36307HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-11-20
Networking OS10, versions prior to October 2021 with RESTCONF API enabled, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious low privileged user with specific access to the API could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain …
- CVE-2021-43397HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-11-11
LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin.
- CVE-2021-22048HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-11-10
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) authentication mechanism. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to elevate …
- CVE-2021-42291HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-11-10
Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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