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 57 of 109
- CVE-2021-0372HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-03-10
In getMediaOutputSliceAction of RemoteMediaSlice.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to an unsafe PendingIntent. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not ne…
- CVE-2021-0369HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-03-10
In CrossProfileAppsServiceImpl.java, there is the possibility of an application's INTERACT_ACROSS_PROFILES grant state not displaying properly in the setting UI due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privi…
- CVE-2020-13554HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-03-03
An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 9.0.1 installation. In webvrpcs Run Key Privilege Escalation in installation folder of WebAccess, an attacker can eit…
- CVE-2021-25195HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Windows PKU2U Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-24103HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-24102HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-24096HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-24092HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1733HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Sysinternals PsExec Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1727HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1698HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-25
Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-26677HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-23
A local authenticated escalation of privilege vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): Prior to 6.9.5, 6.8.8-HF1, 6.7.14-HF1. A vulnerability in ClearPass OnGuard could allow local authenticated users on a…
- CVE-2021-27579HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-23
Snow Inventory Agent through 6.7.0 on Windows uses CPUID to report on processor types and versions that may be deployed and in use across an IT environment. A privilege-escalation vulnerability exists if CPUID is enabled, and thus it shoul…
- CVE-2021-25630HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-23
"loolforkit" is a privileged program that is supposed to be run by a special, non-privileged "lool" user. Before doing anything else "loolforkit" checks, if it was invoked by the "lool" user, and refuses to run with privileges, if it's not…
- CVE-2020-13549HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-19
An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Sytech XL Reporter v14.0.1 install directory. Depending on the vector chosen, an attacker can overwrite service executables and execute arbitra…
- CVE-2020-36246HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-19
Amaze File Manager before 3.5.1 allows attackers to obtain root privileges via shell metacharacters in a symbolic link.
- CVE-2021-27379HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-18
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x, allowing x86 Intel HVM guest OS users to achieve unintended read/write DMA access, and possibly cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges. This occurs because a backport mis…
- CVE-2021-20075HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-16
Racom's MIDGE Firmware 4.4.40.105 contains an issue that allows for privilege escalation via configd.
- CVE-2020-11635HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-16
The Zscaler Client Connector prior to 3.1.0 did not sufficiently validate RPC clients, which allows a local adversary to execute code with system privileges or perform limited actions for which they did not have privileges.
- CVE-2021-26936HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-10
The replay-sorcery program in ReplaySorcery 0.4.0 through 0.5.0, when using the default setuid-root configuration, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root by specifying video output paths in privileged locations.
- CVE-2021-0336HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-10
In onReceive of BluetoothPermissionRequest.java, there is a possible permissions bypass due to a mutable PendingIntent. This could lead to local escalation of privilege that bypasses a permission check, with User execution privileges neede…
- CVE-2021-0328HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-10
In onBatchScanReports and deliverBatchScan of GattService.java, there is a possible way to retrieve Bluetooth scan results without permissions due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no addi…
- CVE-2021-0327HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-10
In getContentProviderImpl of ActivityManagerService.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to non-restored binder identities. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User in…
- CVE-2021-23876HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-10
Bypass Remote Procedure call in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file modification as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via executing c…
- CVE-2021-23873HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-10
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and perform arbitrary file deletion as the SYSTEM user potentially causing Denial of Service via manipulat…
- CVE-2020-26191HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-09
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS versions 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A user with ISI_PRIV_JOB_ENGINE may use the PermissionRepair job to grant themselves the highest level of RBAC privileges thus being able to rea…
- CVE-2021-21117HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-09
Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.
- CVE-2021-22299HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-02-06
There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in some Huawei products. A local, authenticated attacker could craft specific commands to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher pri…
- CVE-2021-22159HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-26
Insider Threat Management Windows Agent Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management (formerly ObserveIT) Agent for Windows before 7.4.3, 7.5.4, 7.6.5, 7.7.5, 7.8.4, 7.9.3, 7.10.2, and 7.11.0.25 as well…
- CVE-2020-25737HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-26
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Hackolade versions prior 4.2.0 on Windows has an issue in specific deployment scenarios that could allow local users to gain elevated privileges during an uninstall of the application.
- CVE-2020-6024HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-20
Check Point SmartConsole before R80.10 Build 185, R80.20 Build 119, R80.30 before Build 94, R80.40 before Build 415, and R81 before Build 548 were vulnerable to a possible local privilege escalation due to running executables from a direct…
- CVE-2021-3162HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-15
Docker Desktop Community before 2.5.0.0 on macOS mishandles certificate checking, leading to local privilege escalation.
- CVE-2021-0223HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-15
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in telnetd.real of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated shell user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root. telnetd.real is shipped with setuid permiss…
- CVE-2021-0204HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-15
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in delta-export configuration utility (dexp) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated shell user the ability to create and read database files generated by the dexp uti…
- CVE-2021-3134HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Mubu 2.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges to execute commands, aka CNVD-2020-68878.
- CVE-2021-1703HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows Event Logging Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1702HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1697HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows InstallService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1695HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1693HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1690HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1689HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows Multipoint Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1688HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1687HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1686HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1681HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1680HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1662HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1661HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1659HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-01-12
Windows CSC Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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