CWE-250
389 CVEs • Abstraction: Base • Likelihood of Exploit: Medium
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
CVEs (389)
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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. |
A vulnerability in the Tool Command Language (Tcl) interpreter of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate from privilege level 15 to root-level privileges. This vulnerability is due...Show more |
1Sick 1Overall Equipment Effectiveness Jun 17, 2026 Apr 11, 2022 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 An attacker can perform a privilege escalation through the SICK OEE if the application is installed in a directory where non authenticated or low privilege users can modify its content. |
1Acronis 4Agent Cyber ProtectCyber Protect Home Office+1 moreJun 17, 2026 Feb 4, 2022 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 28035, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 27147,...Show more |
1Dell 7Powermax Os Solutions EnablerSolutions Enabler Virtual Appliance+4 moreJun 17, 2026 Jan 21, 2022 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 The Dell EMC Virtual Appliances before 9.2.2.2 contain undocumented user accounts. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to get privileged access to the virtual appliance. |
3Debian FedoraprojectIpython3Debian Linux FedoraIpythonJun 17, 2026 Jan 19, 2022 N/A· v4 8.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, originally developed for the Python programming language. Affected versions are subject to an arbitrary code ex...Show more |
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Panda Security Free Antivirus 20.2.0.0. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target...Show more |
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where there is the potential to execute privileged operations by the guest OS, which may lead to information disclosure, data tamper...Show more |
1Bitdefender 2Endpoint Security Tools Total SecurityJun 17, 2026 Oct 28, 2021 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 7.2 HIGH· v2 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools, Total Security allows a local attacker to elevate to 'NT AUTHORITY\System. Impersonation enables the server thread to perform ac...Show more |
In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.29.0, the JVM does not throw IllegalAccessError for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods. |
1Siemens 10Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware Ruggedcom Rox Rx1400 FirmwareRuggedcom Rox Rx1500 Firmware+7 moreJun 17, 2026 Sep 14, 2021 N/A· v4 8.8 HIGH· v3 9.0 HIGH· v2 A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2....Show more |
1Cisco 2Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure ControllerJun 17, 2026 Aug 25, 2021 N/A· v4 8.8 HIGH· v3 9.0 HIGH· v2 A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with...Show more |
1Avaya 1Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Jun 17, 2026 Jun 24, 2021 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities (AVPU) that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1 version...Show more |
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Utility Services that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects all 7.x versions of Avaya Aura Utility Services |
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Utility Services that may potentially allow a local user to execute specially crafted scripts as a privileged user. Affects all 7.x versions of Avaya Aura...Show more |
1Cisco 11Catalyst Sd Wan Manager Sd Wan Vbond OrchestratorVedge 1000 Firmware+8 moreJun 17, 2026 Jun 4, 2021 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 7.2 HIGH· v2 A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properl...Show more |
1Redhat 2Keycloak Single Sign OnJun 17, 2026 May 28, 2021 N/A· v4 4.2 MEDIUM· v3 4.9 MEDIUM· v2 A flaw was found in Keycloak before version 12.0.0 where it is possible to update the user's metadata attributes using Account REST API. This flaw allows an attacker to change its own NameID attribute to impersonate the...Show more |
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the mosquitto message broker of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access the ability to read portions of sensitive files, such...Show more |
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtrace...Show more |
The software performs an operation at a privilege level higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses on the Reason DR60 (all firmware versions pri...Show more |