CWE-269
2,777 CVEs • Abstraction: Class • Likelihood of Exploit: Medium
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.
CVEs (2,777)
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Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 and IOS XE 2.1.x through 2.6.x and 3.1.xS before 3.1.2S, 3.2.xS through 3.4.xS before 3.4.2S, 3.5.xS before 3.5.1S, and 3.1.xSG and 3.2.xSG before 3.2.2SG, when AAA autho...Show more |
The WebUI privilege implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 does not properly perform isolation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors. |
Google Chrome before 15.0.874.120, when Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 is used, does not request user confirmation before applet execution begins, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a craft...Show more |
5Debian FedoraprojectMit+2 more7Debian Linux FedoraKrb5 Appl+4 moreApr 29, 2026 Jul 11, 2011 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 6.5 MEDIUM· v2 ftpd.c in the GSS-API FTP daemon in MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.1 and earlier does not check the krb5_setegid return value, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended group acc...Show more |
4Fedoraproject LinuxOpensuse+1 more7Fedora Linux Enterprise DesktopLinux Enterprise Real Time Extension+4 moreApr 29, 2026 Dec 30, 2010 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 6.2 MEDIUM· v2 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...Show more |
3Linux OpensuseSuse3Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension Linux KernelOpensuseApr 29, 2026 Dec 22, 2010 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 6.9 MEDIUM· v2 The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a custom ACPI method in the ACPI interpreter tables,...Show more |
3Canonical LinuxSuse3Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension Linux KernelUbuntu LinuxApr 29, 2026 Sep 22, 2010 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 7.2 HIGH· v2 The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is...Show more |
8Canonical FedoraprojectLinux+5 more12Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation+9 moreApr 23, 2026 Aug 18, 2009 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 5.9 MEDIUM· v2 The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current->clear_child_tid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibl...Show more |
1Microsoft 2Windows Server 2008 Windows VistaApr 23, 2026 Apr 15, 2009 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 6.9 MEDIUM· v2 The ThreadPool class in Windows Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008, does not properly implement isolation among a set of distinct processes that (1) all run under the NetworkService account or (2) all run under the Loca...Show more |
5Canonical DebianLinux+2 more6Debian Linux Linux KernelOpensuse+3 moreApr 23, 2026 Jul 9, 2008 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 7.2 HIGH· v2 The do_change_type function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not verify that the caller has the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service b...Show more |
1Site Documentation Project 1Site Documentation Apr 23, 2026 May 16, 2008 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 5.0 MEDIUM· v2 The Site Documentation Drupal module 5.x before 5.x-1.8 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges of other users by leveraging the "access content" permission to list tables and obtain s...Show more |
3Canonical DebianSamba3Debian Linux SambaUbuntu LinuxApr 23, 2026 May 14, 2007 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 7.2 HIGH· v2 Logic error in the SID/Name translation functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.23d through 3.0.25pre2 allows local users to gain temporary privileges and execute SMB/CIFS protocol operations via unspecified vectors that caus...Show more |
gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files. |
1Microsoft 2Windows 2000 Windows NtApr 16, 2026 Jun 25, 2002 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 7.2 HIGH· v2 smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges by duplicating a han...Show more |
rsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, which could provide supplemental group privileges to local users, who could then read certain files that would otherwise be...Show more |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 System Attendant gives "Everyone" group privileges to the WinReg key, which could allow remote attackers to read or modify registry keys. |
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0. |