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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 (14619)

EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Tinyproxy Tinyproxy Project
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Race Condition VMware +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

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.

PHP Privilege Escalation Hashtopussy
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Websphere Application Server
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Safemode
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Moodle
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Inteno Router Firmware Intenogroup
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Routing Release Capi Release +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

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.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Kubernetes
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Logicaldoc
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Atutor
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.2
MEDIUM This Month

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.

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

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.

Privilege Escalation Advanced Threat Defense Mcafee
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh Cloud Foundry Uaa +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Prime Network
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Apple +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Systemd Systemd Project
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Elastic +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Altavault +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Google Android +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM This Month

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 Google Android +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Lenovo +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Red Hat +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Kamailio
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Fortinet Forticlient
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Arm Installer Fedoraproject
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Sterling B2b Integrator
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Isilon Onefs Emc
NVD
EPSS 38% 4.2 CVSS 7.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

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%.

Privilege Escalation Epmp 1000 Firmware Epmp Elevate Firmware +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Atlassian Confluence
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Linux Google +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Maximo Asset Management
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Lenovo +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh Cloud Foundry Uaa +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh Cloud Foundry Uaa +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Pcf Tile Generator Pivotal
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh Cloud Foundry Uaa +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Cloud Foundry Bosh
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Elastic Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Capi Release Cf Release +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Debian Debian Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Debian Ubuntu +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Device Data Encryption Program Specification Check Program +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Red Hat +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 46% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Emergency

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.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH POC This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Net Monitor For Employees
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation VMware Workstation Player +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Security Access Manager 9 0 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Personify360
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Java PostgreSQL +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Java PostgreSQL +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Elastic +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Lenovo Lenovo Service Bridge
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Juniper +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Fortinet Fortiwlc Sd
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Java VMware +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.0
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Bosh Stemcell +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Elastic Cloud Foundry +6
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Lenovo Solution Center
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Huawei +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

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.

PHP WordPress Privilege Escalation +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Open Source Security Information Management Alienvault
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Marketing Platform +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Path Traversal Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Path Traversal Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Schneider Electric Wonderware Indusoft Web Studio
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Policy Suite
NVD
EPSS 31% 4.4 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

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 Command Injection Cisco +1
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EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Network Data Loss Prevention Mcafee
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Debian Debian Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation Linux Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

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.

Privilege Escalation IBM Distributed Marketing
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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.

Privilege Escalation Moodle
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

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.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 44% 4.4 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

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%.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +1
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