CWE-269— Improper Privilege Management

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security…

A flaw has been found in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.11.3. The impacted element is the function handleSave of the file internal/http/tts_config.go of the component RoleAdmin Gateway. This manipulation causes improper privilege manageme…

Inappropriate implementation in Canvas in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Inappropriate implementation in ORB in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. From versions 2.0.0-alpha to before 2.3.9 and 3.0.0-alpha to before 3.1.1, there is a conditional local privilege escalation vulnerability in an edge-case nam…

The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the eh_crm_edit_agent AJAX actio…

A vulnerability has been identified in SINAMICS G220 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF2), SINAMICS S200 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF7), SINAMICS S210 V6.4 (All versions < V6.4 HF2). The affected devices allow a factory reset to be executed with…

In OceanBase's Oracle tenant mode, a malicious user with specific privileges can achieve privilege escalation to SYS-level access by executing carefully crafted commands. This vulnerability only affects OceanBase tenants in Oracle mode…

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to use the Enterprise Actions GitHub Connect download token to fetch private repository data. An attacker would require an …

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines, in its 7.1 version, which could allow a local user to acquire root permissions by modifying the updatescript.js, inserting special code inside the script and creatin…

A vulnerability in the installer script of Cisco AppDynamics PHP Agent could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient permissions that are set by the P…

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. Affected versions are subject to Improper Privilege Management. As intended, recipients of dashboards subscriptions can view the data as seen by the creator of that subscription. This all…

A vulnerability was found in Elefant CMS 1.3.12-RC. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file /filemanager/upload/drop of the component File Upload. The manipulation leads to improper privilege managem…

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General). Supported versions that are affected are 7.4.34 and prior, 7.5.24 and prior, 7.6.20 and prior and 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerabilit…

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options.

Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities were discovered in version 5.2.4 of Pi-hole core. See the referenced GitHub security advisory for detai…

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client (McTray.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 prior to Patch 14 may allow unauthorized users to interact with the On-Access Scan Messages - Threat Alert Window when the…

Electronic Arts Karotz Smart Rabbit 12.07.19.00 allows Python module hijacking

IBM i 7.4 users who have done a Restore User Profile (RSTUSRPRF) on a system which has been configured with Db2 Mirror for i might have user profiles with elevated privileges caused by incorrect processing during a restore of multiple user…

In eLux RP 5.x before 5.5.1000 LTSR and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 CR when classic desktop mode is used, it is possible to start applications other than defined, even if the user does not have permissions to change application definitions.

GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) before 9.0.11, 9.1.8, 9.2.8 allow an authenticated user with the ability to create a group to add themselves to any project that is inside a subgroup.

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, remote authenticated users can take ownership of arbitrary blogs by editing an external blog link.

In version v0.3.8 of open-webui, an improper privilege management vulnerability exists in the API endpoints GET /api/v1/documents/ and POST /rag/api/v1/doc. This vulnerability allows a lower-privileged user to access and overwrite files ma…

Improper access control in the IRP_MJ_WRITE command interface in Wellbia XIGNCODE3 xhunter2.sys, version 2026.6.1.192, allows a local, unprivileged attacker to achieve local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, extract credential…

Pegatron `Tdelo64.sys` exposes a privileged device interface, `\\.\TdeIo`, that fails to properly restrict access to sensitive IOCTL functionality. The driver's IOCTL dispatcher does not validate caller privileges or verify user-supplied k…

In createSessionInternal of PackageInstallerService.java, there is a possible to update a Device Policy Controller (DPC) into an invalid directory due to a path traversal error. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no addi…

In InputInterceptor of Letterbox.java, there is a possible way to trick a user into accepting a permission due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed.…

In order to apply a particular protection key to an address range, the kernel must update the corresponding page table entries. The subroutine which handled this failed to take into account the presence of 1GB largepage mappings created u…

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in Xcode 26.4. An app may be able to read arbitrary files as root.

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Hikvision DVR products. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the …

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a lo…

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 for macOS. The service accepts unauthenticated XPC connections and executes input via system(), w…

Cross-process screen stack vulnerability in the UIExtension module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Incorrect privilege assignment in the installer for Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS, Zoom Meeting SDK for macOS and Zoom Rooms Client for macOS before 6.1.5 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local a…

Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS, Zoom Meeting SDK for macOS and Zoom Rooms Client for macOS before 6.1.5 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local ac…

An issue in spidernet-io spiderpool v.0.9.3 and before allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted command to get the token component.

Permission verification vulnerability in the system module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

IBM Security Access Manager Container (IBM Security Verify Access Appliance 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.6.1 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.6.1) could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to an improper…

Improper privilege management vulnerability in FolderLockNotifier in One UI Home prior to SMR Sep-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to change some settings of the folder lock.

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Galaxy Themes Service prior to SMR Jul-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to call privilege function.

Improper privilege management vulnerability in PhoneStatusBarPolicy in System UI prior to SMR Mar-2023 Release 1 allows attacker to turn off Do not disturb via unprotected intent.

IBM SterlingPartner Engagement Manager 6.2.0 could allow a malicious user to elevate their privileges and perform unintended operations to another users data. IBM X-Force ID: 218871.

OpenAPI Generator allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, documentation and configuration automatically given an OpenAPI Spec. Using `File.createTempFile` in JDK will result in creating and using insecure …

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability on some Huawei smart phones due to design defects. The attacker needs to physically contact the mobile phone and obtain higher privileges, and execute relevant commands, resulting in the user's…

The apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap…

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a local user to corrupt or delete highly sensitive information that would cause a denial of service to other users. IBM X-Force ID: 142696.

A local privilege escalation and local code execution vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, and 5.2 and below versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized binary program contained on an USB drive plugged int…

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does not properly restrict clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID, and MNT_NOEXEC and changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to gain privileges, interfer…

The do_exit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNEL_DS get_fs value, which allows local users to bypass intended access_ok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, a…