CWE-250— 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.— MITRE CWE catalog
416 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-250page 6 of 9
- CVE-2021-34591HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-04-27
In Bender/ebee Charge Controllers in multiple versions are prone to Local privilege Escalation. An authenticated attacker could get root access via the suid applications socat, ip udhcpc and ifplugd.
- CVE-2022-27578HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-04-11
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.
- CVE-2022-24113HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-02-04
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, Acronis Cyber Prot…
- CVE-2021-36339HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-01-21
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.
- CVE-2021-34998HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-01-13
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 system in order to…
- CVE-2021-1118HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-10-29
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 tampering, escalation of …
- CVE-2021-3576HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-10-28
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 actions on behalf of …
- CVE-2021-1528HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-06-04
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 properly restrict access t…
- CVE-2021-27454HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-03-25
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 prior to 02A04.1).
- CVE-2021-27448HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82021-03-25
A miscommunication in the file system allows adversaries with access to the MU320E to escalate privileges on the MU320E (all firmware versions prior to v04A00.1).
- 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-2020-10056HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-09-09
A vulnerability has been identified in License Management Utility (LMU) (All versions < V2.4). The lmgrd service of the affected application is executed with local SYSTEM privileges on the server while its configuration can be modified by …
- CVE-2019-10168HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-08-02
The virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU() and virConnectCompareHypervisorCPU() libvirt APIs, 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, accept an "emulator" argument to specify the program providing emulation for a domain. Since v1.2.19, libv…
- CVE-2019-10167HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-08-02
The virConnectGetDomainCapabilities() libvirt API, versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, accepts an "emulatorbin" argument to specify the program providing emulation for a domain. Since v1.2.19, libvirt will execute that pro…
- CVE-2018-10853HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.82018-09-11
A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user…
- CVE-2017-7518HIGHCVSS 5.5EG 7.82018-07-30
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB) being raised in the guest stack…
- CVE-2026-4498HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-04-08
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana…
- CVE-2025-1977HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72025-12-31
The NPort 6100-G2/6200-G2 Series is affected by an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability (CVE-2025-1977) that allows an authenticated user with read-only access to perform unauthorized configuration changes through the MCC (M…
- CVE-2019-10147HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72019-06-03
rkt through version 1.30.0 does not isolate processes in containers that are run with `rkt enter`. Processes run with `rkt enter` are not limited by cgroups during stage 2 (the actual environment in which the applications run). Compromised…
- CVE-2019-10145HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72019-06-03
rkt through version 1.30.0 does not isolate processes in containers that are run with `rkt enter`. Processes run with `rkt enter` do not have seccomp filtering during stage 2 (the actual environment in which the applications run). Compromi…
- CVE-2019-10144HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72019-06-03
rkt through version 1.30.0 does not isolate processes in containers that are run with `rkt enter`. Processes run with `rkt enter` are given all capabilities during stage 2 (the actual environment in which the applications run). Compromised…
- CVE-2023-4003HIGHCVSS 6.8EG 7.62023-09-27
One Identity Password Manager version 5.9.7.1 - An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a workstation may upgrade privileges to SYSTEM through an unspecified method. CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges.
- CVE-2026-116929HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-11-10
Execution with unnecessary privileges in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVE-2026-50737HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-07-28
When applying replicated changes for a row that is missing one or more columns, pglogical evaluates the affected table's default expressions on the subscriber. Because the apply worker runs at a privilege level equivalent to a PostgreSQL s…
- CVE-2026-15584HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-07-13
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can e…
- CVE-2025-33109HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52025-07-24
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by an invalid database authority check. A bad actor could execute a database procedure or function without having all required permissions, in addition to ca…
- CVE-2025-1137HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52025-05-10
IBM Storage Scale 5.2.2.0 and 5.2.2.1, under certain configurations, could allow an authenticated user to execute privileged commands due to improper input neutralization.
- CVE-2023-43018HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52023-11-03
IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and Advanced 10.1, 11.1 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. IBM X-Force ID: …
- CVE-2023-25521HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52023-07-04
NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of thi…
- CVE-2025-55077HIGHCVSS 7.4EG 7.42025-08-07
Tyler Technologies ERP Pro 9 SaaS allows an authenticated user to escape the application and execute limited operating system commands within the remote Microsoft Windows environment with the privileges of the authenticated user. Tyler Tec…
- CVE-2024-27147HIGHCVSS 7.4EG 7.42024-06-14
The Toshiba printers are vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. An attacker can remotely compromise any Toshiba printer. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.
- CVE-2023-1966HIGHCVSS 7.4EG 7.42023-04-28
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v1.x and v2.x contain an unnecessary privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor could upload and execute code remotely at the operating system level, which could allow an a…
- CVE-2019-16765HIGHCVSS 7.4EG 7.42019-11-25
If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed …
- CVE-2026-75092HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-09-15
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the scan_mysql actor of leapp-upgrade-el9toel10 (provided by leapp-repository). During RHEL 9 to RHEL 10 upgrades, the actor runs: mysqld --validate-config --log-error-verbosity=2 directly as root i…
- CVE-2026-48098HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-08-07
NexTor IP Changer is a command-line tool that leverages the Tor network to periodically rotate a user's IP address. Versions prior to 2.0.0 execute privileged system commands using `sudo` and `shell=True` directly inside application logic.…
- CVE-2026-13104HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-07-16
A potential vulnerability was reported in Lenovo App Store, distributed exclusively in the Chinese market, that could allow a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
- CVE-2026-42061HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-06-03
Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected: Acronis DeviceLock DLP (Windows) before build 9.0.15051.93227.
- CVE-2026-4667HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-04-15
HP System Optimizer might potentially be vulnerable to escalation of privilege. HP is releasing an update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
- CVE-2025-46430HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32025-11-10
Dell Display and Peripheral Manager, versions prior to 2.1.2.12, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, le…
- CVE-2024-22017HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32024-03-19
setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid()…
- CVE-2023-34118HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32023-07-11
Improper privilege management in Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.14.5 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2026-120814HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22026-11-10
An improper privilege management issue in the sharding subsystem of MongoDB Server may allow a user holding certain shard-level administrative privileges to cause persisted internal coordination state to be reprocessed with elevated intern…
- CVE-2026-10843HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22026-06-04
A flaw was found in the OpenShift Cloud Credential Operator Mint-mode IAM policies for AWS. Operator credentials are provisioned with account-wide scope for destructive actions rather than being restricted to cluster-owned resources, enabl…
- CVE-2025-58383HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22026-02-03
A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.1c2 could allow an administrator-level user to execute the bind command, to escalate privileges and bypass security controls allowing the execution of arbitrary commands.
- CVE-2025-36184HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22026-01-30
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 - 11.5.9 could allow an instance owner to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary privileges operated at a high…
- CVE-2025-36137HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22025-10-30
IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.2.0.7 through 6.2.0.9 iFix004, 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.2 iFix001, and 6.3.0.2 through 6.3.0.5 iFix002 incorrectly assigns permissions for maintenance tasks to Control Center Director (CCD) users that co…
- CVE-2025-36048HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22025-06-18
IBM webMethods Integration Server 10.5, 10.7, 10.11, and 10.15 could allow a privileged user to escalate their privileges when handling external entities due to execution with unnecessary privileges.
- CVE-2025-23009HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22025-04-10
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client which allows an attacker to trigger an arbitrary file deletion.
- CVE-2025-23008HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22025-04-10
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client allows a low privileged attacker to modify configurations.
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