Privilege Escalation
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 (14619)
main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7). No vendor patch available.
Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Hashtopussy 0.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute actions that should only be available for administrative roles, as demonstrated by an. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 might create files using the default permissions instead of the customized permissions when custom startup scripts are used. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.
rubygem-safemode, as used in Foreman, versions 1.3.2 and earlier are vulnerable to bypassing safe mode limitations via special Ruby syntax. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
In Moodle 3.x, course creators are able to change system default settings for courses. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
Inteno routers have a JUCI ACL misconfiguration that allows the "user" account to read files, write to files, and add root SSH keys via JSON commands to ubus. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The Cloud Controller and Router in Cloud Foundry (CAPI-release capi versions prior to v1.32.0, Routing-release versions prior to v0.159.0, CF-release versions prior to v267) do not validate the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
A routine within an internal Junos OS sockets library is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Kubernetes version 1.5.0-1.5.4 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin resulting in the ability to make use of any existing PodSecurityPolicy object. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Missing Authorization vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources or perform actions without proper authorization checks.
LogicalDoc Community Edition 7.5.3 and prior contain an Incorrect access control which could leave to privilege escalation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
ATutor versions 2.2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to an incorrect access control check vulnerability in the Social Application component resulting in privilege escalation. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Android 6.0 has an authentication bypass for attackers with root and physical access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 3.10, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via the GUI or GUI. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
In Cloud Foundry cf-release versions prior to v264; UAA release all versions of UAA v2.x.x, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.13, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.15, 3.20.x versions prior to v3.20.0, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
A vulnerability in the installation procedure for Cisco Prime Network Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to root privileges. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code at the root privilege level on an affected system, because of Incorrect. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.
systemd v233 and earlier fails to safely parse usernames starting with a numeric digit (e.g. 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.
A vulnerability in the Play Framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain full access to the affected system. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
NetApp AltaVault 4.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information, gain privileges, or cause a denial of service via vectors related to the SMB protocol. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
On Lenovo VIBE mobile phones, the Lenovo Security Android application allows private data to be backed up and restored via Android Debug Bridge, which allows tampering leading to privilege escalation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
On Lenovo VIBE mobile phones, the Idea Friend Android application allows private data to be backed up and restored via Android Debug Bridge, which allows tampering leading to privilege escalation in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems (Lenovo Nerve Center for notebook systems is not affected) that could allow an attacker with local. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Red Hat Gluster Storage RPM Package 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code as root. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kamailio build in kamailio before 4.2.0-2 process allows local users to gain privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM QRadar 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.
In FortiClientWindows 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, an attacker may escalate privilege via a FortiClientNamedPipe vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.
IBM Sterling File Gateway does not properly restrict user requests based on permission level. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.1.0, 8.0.0 - 8.0.0.3, 7.2.0 - 7.2.1.4, 7.1.x is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An Improper Privilege Management issue was discovered in Cambium Networks ePMP. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 38.1%.
Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, 3rd party TEEs have more privilege than intended. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.5 and 7.6 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as administrator. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Lenovo Mouse Suite before 6.73 allows local users to run arbitrary code with administrator privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v261; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.17, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.11, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.13,. 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.
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v260; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.16, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.10, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.12,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
An issue was discovered in Pivotal PCF Tile Generator versions prior to 6.0.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v257; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.14, 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.8, 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.10,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release 261.x versions prior to 261.3 and all 260.x versions. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in Pivotal PCF Elastic Runtime 1.8.x versions prior to 1.8.29 and 1.9.x versions prior to 1.9.7. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to 250 and CAPI-release versions prior to 1.12.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x through 5.0.19, an attacker with agent permission is capable of opening a specific URL in a browser to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installers for Specification check program (social insurance) Ver. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
ManageIQ in CloudForms before 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the administrative console of a DCNM server by using an account. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 46.1% and no vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in how DLL files are loaded with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to install and run an executable file with privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Net Monitor for Employees Pro through 5.3.4 has an unquoted service path, which allows a Security Feature Bypass of its documented "Block applications" design goal. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a DLL loading vulnerability that occurs due to the "vmware-vmx" process loading DLLs from a path defined in the local environment-variable. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 9.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to access some privileged functionality of the server. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
An issue was discovered in Personify360 e-Business 7.5.2 through 7.6.1. 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.
PostgreSQL PL/Java before 1.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to alter type mappings for types they do not own. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
PostgreSQL PL/Java before 1.5.0 allows remote authenticated users with USAGE permission on the public schema to alter the public schema classpath. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
In Lenovo Service Bridge before version 4, a user with local privileges on a system could execute code with administrative privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
There is an escalation of privilege vulnerability in the Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox versions before 3.4.5 which allow a local administrative attacker to load and execute arbitrary code. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
On Juniper Networks Junos Space versions prior to 16.1R1, due to an insufficient authorization check, readonly users on the Junos Space administrative web interface can create privileged users,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An escalation of privilege vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWLC-SD versions 8.2.4 and below allows attacker to gain root access via the CLI command 'copy running-config'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Both Spring Security 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.0 and the Spring Framework 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x rely on URL pattern mappings for authorization and for mapping requests to controllers respectively. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
An endpoint of the Agent running on the BOSH Director VM with stemcell versions prior to 3232.6 and 3146.13 may allow unauthenticated clients to read or write blobs or cause a denial of service. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
The UAA reset password flow in Cloud Foundry release v236 and earlier versions, UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions, all versions of Login-server, UAA release v10 and earlier versions and Pivotal. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.
The backend service process in Lenovo Solution Center (aka LSC) before 3.3.0002 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The GPU driver in Huawei P7 phones with software P7-L00 before P7-L00C17B851, P7-L05 before P7-L05C00B851, and P7-L09 before P7-L09C92B851 allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
upload.php in the Powerplay Gallery plugin 3.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to create arbitrary directories via vectors related to the targetDir variable. 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.
The sudoers file in the asset discovery scanner in AlienVault OSSIM before 5.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted nmap script. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
IBM Distributed Marketing and Marketing Platform 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, and 10.0 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges and gain administrative permissions over the web application. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Software (prior to Release 11.1) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to delete any file from an affected. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Software (prior to Release 12.1) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to delete any file from an affected. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An Incorrect Default Permissions issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Wonderware InduSoft Web Studio v8.0 Patch 3 and prior versions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in a script file that is installed as part of the Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software distribution for the CPS appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability in the web interface for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform command injection with root. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 31.0%.
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the server in McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP) 9.3.x allows remote authenticated users to view confidential information via modification of the HTTP. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Incorrect Permission Assignment vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions.
In QSEE in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel access control may potentially be bypassed due to a page alignment issue. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
IBM Distributed Marketing 8.6, 9.0, and 10.0 could allow a privileged authenticated user to create an instance that gets created with security profile not valid for the templates, that results in the. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, remote authenticated users can take ownership of arbitrary blogs by editing an external blog link. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Slimbus driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm shared memory driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm LED driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm video driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm video driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm video driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 44.4%.
Quick Facts
- Typical Severity
- HIGH
- Category
- auth
- Total CVEs
- 14619