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Privilege Escalation

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Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

How It Works

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted. The attack exploits the gap between what the system thinks a user can do and what they actually can do through manipulation or exploitation.

Vertical escalation is the classic form—a regular user obtaining administrator rights. This happens through kernel exploits that bypass OS-level security, misconfigurations in role-based access control (RBAC) that fail to enforce boundaries, or direct manipulation of authorization tokens and session data. Horizontal escalation involves accessing resources belonging to users at the same privilege level, typically through insecure direct object references (IDOR) where changing an ID in a request grants access to another user's data.

Context-dependent escalation exploits workflow logic by skipping authorization checkpoints. An attacker might access administrative URLs directly without going through proper authentication flows, manipulate parameters to bypass permission checks, or exploit REST API endpoints that don't validate method permissions—like a read-only GET permission that can be leveraged for write operations through protocol upgrades or alternative endpoints.

Impact

  • Full system compromise through kernel-level exploits granting root or SYSTEM privileges
  • Administrative control over applications, allowing configuration changes, user management, and deployment of malicious code
  • Lateral movement across cloud infrastructure, containers, or network segments using escalated service account permissions
  • Data exfiltration by accessing databases, file systems, or API endpoints restricted to higher privilege levels
  • Persistence establishment through creation of backdoor accounts or modification of system configurations

Real-World Examples

Kubernetes clusters have been compromised through kubelet API misconfigurations where read-only GET permissions on worker nodes could be escalated to remote code execution. Attackers upgraded HTTP connections to WebSockets to access the /exec endpoint, gaining shell access to all pods on the node. This affected over 69 Helm charts including widely-deployed monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog agents.

Windows Print Spooler vulnerabilities (PrintNightmare class) allowed authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting improper privilege checks in the print service. Attackers loaded malicious DLLs through carefully crafted print jobs, escalating from low-privilege user accounts to full domain administrator access.

Cloud metadata services have been exploited where SSRF vulnerabilities combined with over-permissioned IAM roles allowed attackers to retrieve temporary credentials with elevated permissions, pivoting from compromised web applications to broader cloud infrastructure access.

Mitigation

  • Enforce deny-by-default access control where permissions must be explicitly granted rather than implicitly allowed
  • Implement consistent authorization checks at every layer—API gateway, application logic, and data access—never relying on client-side or single-point validation
  • Apply principle of least privilege with time-limited, scope-restricted permissions and just-in-time access for administrative functions
  • Audit permission inheritance and role assignments regularly to identify overly permissive configurations or privilege creep
  • Separate execution contexts using containers, sandboxes, or capability-based security to limit blast radius
  • Deploy runtime monitoring for unusual privilege usage patterns and anomalous access to restricted resources

Recent CVEs (14618)

EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Improper data sanitization vulnerability in subsystem in Intel(R) SPS before versions SPS_E5_04.00.04.381.0, SPS_E3_04.01.04.054.0, SPS_SoC-A_04.00.04.181.0, and SPS_SoC-X_04.00.04.086.0 may allow a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Server Platform Services
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Insufficient access control vulnerability in Dynamic Application Loader software for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.65, 11.11.65, 11.22.65, 12.0.35 and Intel(R) TXE 3.1.65, 4.0.15 may allow an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect build 1.3.20.0, which allows an attacker to execute two PowerShell cmdlets in context of a privileged. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the Bash shell implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to bypass the limited command set of the restricted Guest Shell and execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the Python scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the Python parser and issue arbitrary commands to elevate the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Python Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a DLL hijacking issue because some DLL files are improperly loaded by the application. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft VMware +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in Singularity 3.1.0 to 3.2.0-rc2, a malicious user with local/network access to the host system (e.g. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Fedora Leap +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Under certain conditions, it is possible to request the modification of role or privilege assignments through SAP Identity Management REST Interface Version 2, which would otherwise be restricted. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation SAP Identity Management
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A Local Privilege Escalation in libqcocoa.dylib in Foxit Reader 3.1.0.0111 on macOS has been discovered due to an incorrect permission set. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Foxit Reader +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Golang Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In the seccomp implementation prior to kernel version 4.8, there is a possible seccomp bypass due to seccomp policies that allow the use of ptrace. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Google Android +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In tearDownClientInterface of WificondControl.java, there is a possible use after free due to improper locking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Google +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In SendMediaUpdate and SendFolderUpdate of avrcp_service.cc, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

In SmsDefaultDialog.onStart of SmsDefaultDialog.java, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to an overlay attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Google Android
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Big Ip Application Security Manager Big Ip Access Policy Manager +12
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the filesystem management for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the FUSE filesystem functionality for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges to root. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the background operations functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

In Octopus Deploy 2019.1.0 through 2019.3.1 and 2019.4.0 through 2019.4.5, an authenticated user with the VariableViewUnscoped or VariableEditUnscoped permission scoped to a specific project could. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Octopus Server Octopus Deploy +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

STRATO HiDrive Desktop Client 5.0.1.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the HiDriveMaintenanceService service. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft 1 1 Online Storage +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

IBM Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) 6.0.6 could allow an authenticated user to access the execution log files as a guest user, and obtain the information of the server execution. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation IBM Jazz Reporting Service
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 and 6.0.0.1 could allow an authenticated user to view process definition of a business process without permission. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation IBM Sterling B2b Integrator
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk 9.3 allows session hijacking and privilege escalation because an established guest session is automatically converted into an established administrator session when the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Session Fixation Zoho +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

Cloud Foundry BOSH Backup and Restore CLI, all versions prior to 1.5.0, does not check the authenticity of backup scripts in BOSH. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Bosh Backup And Restore Cloudfoundry
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Robotronic RunAsSpc 3.7.0.0 protects stored credentials insufficiently, which allows locally authenticated attackers (under the same user context) to obtain cleartext credentials of the stored. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Runasspc
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered in /admin/users/update in M/Monit before 3.7.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Monit Tildeslash
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

In the configuration of NFC modules on certain devices, there is a possible failure to distinguish individual devices due to an insecure default value. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Google Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In rw_i93_sm_update_ndef of rw_i93.cc, there is a possible out-of-bound write due to a missing bounds check. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In rw_i93_sm_read_ndef of rw_i93.cc, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In create_hdr of dnssd_clientstub.c, there is a possible use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Google +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In SetScanResponseData of ble_advertiser_hci_interface.cc, there is a possible out-of-bound write due to a missing bounds check. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In rw_t3t_act_handle_check_ndef_rsp of rw_t3t.cc, there is a possible out-of-bound write due to a missing bounds check. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In updateAssistMenuItems of Editor.java, there is a possible escape from the Setup Wizard due to a missing permission check. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Missing Authorization vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources or perform actions without proper authorization checks.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Insufficient input validation in system firmware for Intel(R) Broadwell U i5 vPro before version MYBDWi5v.86A may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Insufficient path checking in the installation package for Intel(R) Graphics Performance Analyzer for Linux version 18.4 and before may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Intel Graphics Performance Analyzer
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Symantec Endpoint Encryption prior to SEE 11.2.1 MP1 may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Symantec Endpoint Encryption
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

In Rancher 2.0.0 through 2.1.5, project members have continued access to create, update, read, and delete namespaces in a project after they have been removed from it. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Rancher Suse
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys), aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Windows Server 2008 +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows CSRSS Elevation of Privilege. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Windows Server 2008 +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys), aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Windows Server 2008 +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys), aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Windows Server 2008 +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Insightvm Rapid7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

A vulnerability was found in Samba from version (including) 4.9 to versions before 4.9.6 and 4.10.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Synology Diskstation Manager +7
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Active Directory Forest trusts due to a default setting that lets an attacker in the trusting forest request delegation of a TGT for an identity from. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Windows Server 2008 +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

An issue was discovered in Uniqkey Password Manager 1.14. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Password Manager Uniqkey
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

IBM API Connect's Developer Portal 2018.1 and 2018.4.1.3 is impacted by a privilege escalation vulnerability when integrated with an OpenID Connect (OIDC) user registry. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation IBM Api Connect
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In Airsonic 10.2.1, RecoverController.java generates passwords via org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils, which uses java.util.Random internally. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Apache Java +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Workspace Control before 10.3.90.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Ivanti Workspace Control
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP Privilege Escalation Nagios Xi +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +12
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

The application server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Data Science for AWS, and TIBCO Spotfire Data Science contains a persistent cross-site contains a vulnerability that theoretically. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Data Science For Aws Spotfire Data Science +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service CleanMyMac X, version 4.20, due to improper updating. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cleanmymac X Macpaw
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Improper permissions in the installer for Intel(R) Accelerated Storage Manager in Intel(R) RSTe before version 5.5.0.2015 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Lenovo +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Improper permissions for Intel(R) USB 3.0 Creator Utility all versions may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Usb 3 0 Creator Utility
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Improper permissions in Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.0.1023 and before may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Matrix Storage Manager
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

Thinkst Canarytokens through commit hash 4e89ee0 (2019-03-01) relies on limited variation in size, metadata, and timestamp, which makes it easier for attackers to estimate whether a Word document. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Canarytokens Thinkst
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

In BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, 11.6.1-11.6.3.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.8, the Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) wamd process used in processing of images and PDFs fails to drop group permissions. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Big Ip Application Acceleration Manager F5
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A vulnerability in the Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access an affected device by using an account that has a default, static. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Common Services Platform Collector
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

In Shanda MapleStory Online V160, the SdoKeyCrypt.sys driver allows privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM because of not validating the IOCtl 0x8000c01c input value, leading to an integer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Maplestory Online
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in PHP before 7.1.27, 7.2.x before 7.2.16, and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

PHP Privilege Escalation Debian +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman 22.3.0's Install Helper helper tool. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Renderman Pixar
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability in the filesystem permissions of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive data that could be used to elevate their privileges to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Cloud Foundry Container Runtime, versions prior to 0.28.0, deploys K8s worker nodes that contains a configuration file with IAAS credentials. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Kubernetes Container Runtime +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A vulnerability in the file system permissions of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information that is stored in the file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability in the Bash shell implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privilege level to root. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.4
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability in the 802.1X implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Cisco +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability in the Bash shell implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privilege level by executing commands authorized to other user. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability in a specific CLI command implementation of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape a restricted shell on an affected. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Nx Os +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

SolarWinds Orion Platform before 2018.4 Hotfix 2 allows privilege escalation through the RabbitMQ service. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Orion Platform Solarwinds
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

In several functions of binder.c, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +4
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

In binder_alloc_free_page of binder_alloc.c, there is a possible double free due to improper locking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Google Android +4
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In register_app of btif_hd.cc, there is a possible memory corruption due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

In SkSwizzler::onSetSampleX of SkSwizzler.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.6.1 and earlier allows local users to gain elevated privileges via a specific set of circumstances. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Endpoint Security +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

In the Linux kernel before 4.20.12, net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic_main.c in the SNMP NAT module has insufficient ASN.1 length checks (aka an array index error), making out-of-bounds read and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Linux +9
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

The Scripting and AutoUpdate functionality in Cordaware bestinformed Microsoft Windows client versions before 6.2.1.0 are affected by insecure implementations which allow remote attackers to execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Bestinformed
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the famtd component of Micro Focus Filr 3.0 allows a local attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to escalate to root. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Filr Microfocus
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

DevTools API not correctly gating on extension capability in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Chrome Google +8
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Improper folder permissions in Intel(R) Data Center Manager SDK before version 5.0.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Data Center Manager
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient user prompt in install routine for Intel(R) Data Center Manager SDK before version 5.0.2 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Data Center Manager
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient run protection in install routine for Intel(R) Data Center Manager SDK before version 5.0.2 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Intel Data Center Manager
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Insufficient file permissions checking in install routine for Intel(R) Data Center Manager SDK before version 5.0.2 may allow authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Insufficient session authentication in web server for Intel(R) Data Center Manager SDK before version 5.0.2 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Session Fixation Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Authentication bypass in the Intel Unite(R) solution versions 3.2 through 3.3 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege to the Intel Unite(R) Solution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH This Week

Debian tmpreaper version 1.6.13+nmu1 has a race condition when doing a (bind) mount via rename() which could result in local privilege escalation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Race Condition Debian +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Vbond Orchestrator +7
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the user group configuration of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected device. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Vbond Orchestrator +7
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the local CLI of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges and modify device configuration files. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Vbond Orchestrator +7
NVD
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