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 (14621)
The web framework in Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway Series Software before 1.1(1.40), Cisco TelePresence IP Gateway Series Software, Cisco TelePresence IP VCR Series Software before. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The administrative web interface in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) 10.6(1) and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
core/dom/Document.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, enables the inheritance of the designMode attribute, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Docker Engine before 1.6.1 allows local users to set arbitrary Linux Security Modules (LSM) and docker_t policies via an image that allows volumes to override files in /proc. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Docker Engine before 1.6.1 uses weak permissions for (1) /proc/asound, (2) /proc/timer_stats, (3) /proc/latency_stats, and (4) /proc/fs, which allows local users to modify the host, obtain sensitive. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Android does not properly restrict writing URL data to the Android logging system, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 19.9%.
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 19.9%.
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.40416.00 allows remote attackers to bypass intended integrity-level restrictions via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Microsoft Silverlight Out of Browser. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 26.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.". Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 11.0% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 11.0% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 11.0% and no vendor patch available.
The Service Control Manager (SCM) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9).
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.". Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 11.0% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer ASLR Bypass.". Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 23.4% and no vendor patch available.
The Windows Forms (aka WinForms) libraries in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 39.2% and no vendor patch available.
The page-loading implementation in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.2.6, 7.x before 7.1.6, and 8.x before 8.0.6, does not properly handle the rel attribute in an A element, which allows. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
The history implementation in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.2.6, 7.x before 7.1.6, and 8.x before 8.0.6, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read arbitrary files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 67.9%.
Samsung Security Manager (SSM) before 1.31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an HTTP (1) PUT or (2) MOVE request. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager before 3.5.1 uses weak permissions on the directories shared by the ovirt-engine-dwhd service and a plugin during service startup, which allows local. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager before 3.5.1 ignores the permission to deny snapshot creation during live storage migration between domains, which allows remote authenticated users. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
EMC RSA Identity Management and Governance (IMG) 6.9 before P04 and 6.9.1 before P01 does not properly restrict password resets, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via crafted use of the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The communication module on the Hospira LifeCare PCA Infusion System before 7.0 does not require authentication for root TELNET sessions, which allows remote attackers to modify the pump. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 17.7% and no vendor patch available.
The fetchView function in the Mage_Core_Block_Template_Zend class in Magento Community Edition (CE) 1.9.1.0 and Enterprise Edition (EE) 1.14.1.0 does not restrict the stream wrapper used in a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
WebSphereOauth20SP.ear in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 before 7.0.0.39, 8.0 before 8.0.0.11, 8.5 Liberty Profile before 8.5.5.5, and 8.5 Full Profile before 8.5.5.6, when the OAuth. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5 Liberty Profile before 8.5.5.5 does not properly implement authData elements, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 through 7.41.0 does not properly re-use NTLM connections, which allows remote attackers to connect as other users via an unauthenticated request, a similar issue to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Views module before 6.x-2.18, 6.x-3.x before 6.x-3.2, and 7.x-3.x before 7.x-3.10 for Drupal does not properly restrict access to the default views configurations, which allows remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
The default configuration for the Command Line Interface in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform before 6.4.0 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) uses weak permissions for. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always ask the user before proceeding with CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_FULLSCREEN and CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_MOUSELOCK changes, which allows user-assisted remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The NaClSandbox::InitializeLayerTwoSandbox function in components/nacl/loader/sandbox_linux/nacl_sandbox_linux.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not have RLIMIT_AS and RLIMIT_DATA limits. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The FileSystem API in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to bypass the SafeBrowsing for Executable Files protection mechanism by creating a .exe file in a temporary filesystem. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
The MediaElementAudioSourceNode::process function in modules/webaudio/MediaElementAudioSourceNode.cpp in the Web Audio API implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
The ContainerNode::parserRemoveChild function in core/dom/ContainerNode.cpp in the HTML parser in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.0, when allow_version is configured, allows remote authenticated users to delete the latest version of an object by leveraging listing access to the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer ASLR Bypass Vulnerability.". Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 18.8% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted DTD, aka "MSXML3 Same Origin Policy SFB. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 do not. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 do not. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 does not properly handle logoff actions, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 22.7% and no vendor patch available.
Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering application execution by an invalid task, aka "Task Scheduler Elevation of. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
GLPI before 0.84.7 does not properly restrict access to cost information, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the cost criteria in the search bar. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.0-ise-147 do not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module during certain tunnel-status checks, which allows local users to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Clang in LLVM, as used in Apple Xcode before 6.3, performs incorrect register allocation in a way that triggers stack storage for stack cookie pointers, which might allow context-dependent attackers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Juniper Junos 12.1X44 before 12.1X44-D45, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D30, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D20, 12.3 before 12.3R9, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D10, 13.2 before 13.2R6, 13.3 before 13.3R5, 14.1 before. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The (1) setreuid and (2) setregid system-call implementations in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2 do not properly perform privilege drops, which. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9). No vendor patch available.
AppleKeyStore in Apple iOS before 8.3 does not properly restrict a certain passcode-confirmation interface, which makes it easier for attackers to verify correct passcode guesses via a crafted app. Rated low severity (CVSS 1.9). No vendor patch available.
The web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) before 3.4.4.63 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) before 3.4.4.63 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions and change or update configuration settings via crafted parameters. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Reader mode feature in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.1 on Android, and Desktop Firefox pre-release, does not properly handle privileged URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
CA Spectrum 9.2.x and 9.3.x before 9.3 H02 does not properly validate serialized Java objects, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain administrative privileges via crafted object data. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 appliance 2.1 before 2.1.0.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the sessions of arbitrary users, and consequently obtain sensitive information or modify data, via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
Notes System Diagnostic (NSD) in IBM Domino 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP6 IF6 and 9.x before 9.0.1 FP3 IF1 allows local users to obtain the System privilege via unspecified vectors, aka SPR TCHL9SST8V. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
X-Cart before 5.1.11 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete address data of arbitrary accounts via a modified (1) update or (2) remove request. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
The ANTlabs InnGate firmware on IG 3100, IG 3101, InnGate 3.00 E, InnGate 3.01 E, InnGate 3.02 E, InnGate 3.10 E, InnGate 3.01 G, and InnGate 3.10 G devices does not require authentication for rsync. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager 8.1(4) allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by visiting a "deprecated page," aka Bug ID CSCup90168. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
TYPO3 Neos 1.1.x before 1.1.3 and 1.2.x before 1.2.3 allows remote editors to access, create, and modify content nodes in the workspace of other editors via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
SAP EMR Unwired (com.sap.mobile.healthcare.emr.v2) and Clinical Task Tracker (com.sap.mobile.healthcare.ctt) does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to change the backendurl,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
QEMU, as used in Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x, does not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might allow local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable interrupt and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The default slapd configuration in the Debian openldap package 2.4.23-3 through 2.4.39-1.1 allows remote authenticated users to modify the user's permissions and other user attributes via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The HTMLSourceElement::BindToTree function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not properly constrain a data type after omitting namespace validation during certain tree-binding operations, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The HTMLSourceElement::AfterSetAttr function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not properly constrain the original data type of a casted value during the setting of a SOURCE element's attributes,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.6, and Thunderbird before 31.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The "menu sync" function in the WPML plugin before 3.1.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary posts, pages, and menus via a crafted request to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 17.4%.
The move_uploaded_file implementation in ext/standard/basic_functions.c in PHP before 5.4.39, 5.5.x before 5.5.23, and 5.6.x before 5.6.7 truncates a pathname upon encountering a \x00 character,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The RPC daemon in EMC Isilon OneFS 6.5.x and 7.0.x before 7.0.2.13, 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.6, 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.2, and 7.2.0 before 7.2.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an ability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The ePO extension in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) before 9.3 Patch 4 Hotfix 16 (9.3.416.4) allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information, modify the database, or. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Citrix Command Center before 5.1 Build 35.4 and 5.2 before Build 42.7 does not properly restrict access to the Advent Java Management Extensions (JMX) Servlet, which allows remote attackers to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.4 before 3.4.0.32, 3.5 before 3.5.0.24, and 4.1 before 4.1.0.7 allows local users to obtain root privileges for program execution via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Mozilla Firefox before 36.0.4, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.33.1 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access. Rated low severity (CVSS 1.9).
automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of the values for the user used to run the mapped. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4). No vendor patch available.
The developer portal in IBM API Management 3.0 before 3.0.4.1 does not properly restrict access to the public and private APIs, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
IBM Content Collector for Email 3.0 before 3.0.0.6-IBM-ICC-Server-IF001 and 4.0 before 4.0.0.3-IBM-ICC-Server-IF001 does not properly handle an unspecified query operator during searches of IBM. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
IBM Rational Jazz Team Server (JTS), as used in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix4 and 5.x before 5.0.2 iFix2; Rational Quality Manager 2.x and 3.x before. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(.00051) and earlier does not properly implement access control for IPC messages, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via crafted messages,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(.00051) and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via crafted IPC messages that trigger use of root privileges for a software-package installation,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The stack randomization feature in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 on 64-bit platforms uses incorrect data types for the results of bitwise left-shift operations, which makes it easier for attackers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9). No vendor patch available.
The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The SOAP web interface in SCADA Engine BACnet OPC Server before 2.1.371.24 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read or write to arbitrary database fields via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.277 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.134 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.451 on Linux allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
The x86 emulator in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly ignore segment overrides for instructions with register operands, which allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information, cause a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x and the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 do not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.". Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly validate the token of a calling thread, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
The kernel in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 does not properly constrain impersonation levels, which allows local users to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Windows Registry Virtualization feature in the kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Quick Facts
- Typical Severity
- HIGH
- Category
- auth
- Total CVEs
- 14621