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)
The Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28868303 and Qualcomm. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X and 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28799389. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Qualcomm radio interface layer in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Qualcomm camera driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28815326 and Qualcomm. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The User module in Drupal 7.x before 7.44 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via vectors involving contributed or custom code that triggers a rebuild of the user profile form. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
HPE XP7 Command View Advanced Edition (CVAE) Suite 6.x through 8.x before 8.4.1-02, when Replication Manager (RepMgr) and Device Manager (DevMgr) are enabled, allows local users to bypass intended. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
The web console in Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (JON) before 3.3.7 does not properly authorize requests to add users with the super user role, which allows remote authenticated users to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client before 4.2.05015 and 4.3.x before 4.3.02039 mishandles pathnames, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted INF file, aka Bug ID CSCuz92464. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
WatchGuard RapidStream appliances allow local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted ifconfig command, aka ESCALATEPLOWMAN. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 devices with software before 8.2.110.0, 8.2.12x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allow local users to gain privileges via crafted CLI parameters, aka. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Self-Service Portal in EMC RSA Authentication Manager (AM) Prime Self-Service 3.0 and 3.1 before 3.1 1915.42871 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (PIN change for an. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, and Link Controller 11.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1;. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
The web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.x before 5.3.1.2, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software on 5500-X. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software on 5500-X devices with FirePOWER. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
SAP SAPCAR allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a hard link attack on files extracted from an archive, possibly related to SAP Security. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8). Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Netlogon service in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT 8.1 improperly establishes secure communications channels, which allows local users to gain privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 24.9%.
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix 4.1.0 before 4.1.0.4 iFix073 and 4.2.0 before 4.2.0.4 iFix003 uses default file permissions of 0664, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Siemens SINEMA Server uses weak permissions for the application folder, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
drivers/video/msm/mdss/mdss_mdp_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not verify that a mapping exists before proceeding with an unmap operation,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/pproc/cpp/msm_cpp.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate the stream state, which allows attackers to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/isp/msm_isp_axi_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices does not properly validate array indexes, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Integer overflow in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6lsm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/video/msm/mdp4_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices does not validate r stages, g stages, or b stages data, which allows attackers to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The MSM camera driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 devices does not validate input parameters, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate certain buffer addresses, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Off-by-one error in drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/cci/msm_cci.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not prevent executable DMA mappings, which might. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate certain length values, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Format string vulnerability in drivers/thermal/qpnp-adc-tm.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/media/radio/radio-iris.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows attackers to gain privileges or. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/enc/venc.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices does not validate VEN_IOCTL_GET_SEQUENCE_HDR ioctl calls, which allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The mdss mdp3 driver in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not validate user-space data, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/mmc/card/mmc_block_test.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not reject kernel-space buffer addresses, which allows attackers to gain privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/char/diag/diag_dci.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends short DCI. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Integer underflow in drivers/char/diag/diag_dci.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges or obtain sensitive. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/isp/msm_isp_stats_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate certain index values, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/csiphy/msm_csiphy.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/isp/msm_isp_axi_util.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the number of streams, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The kernel in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28522518. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Google Play services in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus devices allow local users to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.
Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6P, and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted header field. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
The ION driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28939740. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The NVIDIA media driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28919417. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
The NVIDIA media driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28871433. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Serial Peripheral Interface driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28817378. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
The video driver in the kernel in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28399876. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
mediaserver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 9 and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28299517. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Android before 2016-08-05 does not properly restrict code execution in a kernel context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the kernel performance. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Qualcomm GPU driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28377352 and Qualcomm. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Conscrypt in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-05 does not properly identify session reuse, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Shell component in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not properly manage the MANAGE_USERS and CREATE_USERS permissions, which allows attackers to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The framework APIs in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 do not ensure that package data originated from the Package Manager, which allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The Qualcomm GPU driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5, 5X, 6, 6P, and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28026365 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software before GRA-CL00C92B363 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software before GRA-CL00C92B363 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
modules/Users/actions/Save.php in Vtiger CRM 6.4.0 and earlier does not properly restrict user-save actions, which allows remote authenticated users to create or modify user accounts via unspecified. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Novell Filr 1.2 before Hot Patch 6 and 2.0 before Hot Patch 2 uses world-writable permissions for /etc/profile.d/vainit.sh, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing this file's. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Login Window in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted app that leverages a "type confusion.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Intel Graphics Driver in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Misys FusionCapital Opics Plus allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a man-in-the-middle attack that modifies the xmlMessageOut parameter. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
The CLI in Cisco IOS XR 6.x through 6.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands in a privileged context by leveraging unspecified container access, aka Bug ID CSCuz62721. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Huawei HiSuite before 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) and before 4.0.4.301 (China) use a weak ACL (FILE_WRITE_DATA for BUILTIN\Users) for the HiSuite service directory, which allows local users to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Low Integrity protection. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Print Spooler service in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The management console in Symantec Workspace Streaming (SWS) 7.5.x before 7.5 SP1 HF9 and 7.6.0 before 7.6 HF5 and Symantec Workspace Virtualization (SWV) 7.5.x before 7.5 SP1 HF9 and 7.6.0 before. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel video driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28447556. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The serial peripheral interface driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28430009. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The serial peripheral interface driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28402196. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The MediaTek display driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28402341 and MediaTek internal. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The MediaTek power management driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28333002 and MediaTek. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The MediaTek power management driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28332766 and MediaTek. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The kernel filesystem implementation in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28588434. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Quick Facts
- Typical Severity
- HIGH
- Category
- auth
- Total CVEs
- 14619