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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 (14625)

EPSS 0% CVSS 5.8
MEDIUM This Month

cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cups Pk Helper
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

razorCMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to access administrator directories and files by creating and deleting a directory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Razorcms
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges by modifying the VGA window using /dev/nvidia0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Nvidia Unix Graphic Driver
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.6
LOW Monitor

GlusterFS 3.3.0, as used in Red Hat Storage server 2.0, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Glusterfs +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

DFLabs PTK 1.0.5 stores data files with predictable names under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read logs, images, or reports via a direct. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Ptk Dflabs
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The (1) SimpleTree and (2) ReportTree classes in the ARDoc ActiveX control (ARDoc.dll) in Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier do not properly implement the SaveToFile method, which allows remote. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 10.7%.

Privilege Escalation Intrust Quest
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

Havalite CMS 1.1.0 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the configuration database via a direct. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cms Havalite
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The replay-countermeasure functionality in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 tracks cnonce (aka. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Apache Tomcat
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

core/email_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.12 does not properly manage the sending of e-mail notifications about restricted bugs, which might allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP Privilege Escalation Mantisbt
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

MantisBT before 1.2.12 does not use an expected default value during decisions about whether a user may modify the status of a bug, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Mantisbt
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

The edit-profile page in Vanilla Forums before 2.1a32 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary profile settings by replacing the UserID value during a man-in-the-middle attack, related. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Vanilla Vanilla Forums +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH This Week

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows use weak permissions for unspecified process threads, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft VMware +2
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

The code-optimization feature in the reflection implementation in Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and 4.5 does not properly enforce object permissions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 10.2% and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

The reflection implementation in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 SP3, 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5.1, and 4 does not properly enforce object permissions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

EOSCoreScada.exe in C3-ilex EOScada before 11.0.19.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) by sending data to TCP port (1) 5050 or (2) 24004. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Eoscada +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The v2 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protected images via an image deletion request. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Openstack Essex +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to conduct a "confused deputy" attack to bypass the CSRF warning protection mechanism and cause victims to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation CSRF Rt +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM This Month

FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Rtfm Bestpractical
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote authenticated users with ModifySelf or AdminUser privileges to inject arbitrary email headers and conduct phishing. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Rt Bestpractical
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protected images via an image deletion request, a different. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Openstack Essex +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 55% 4.2 CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XRDS file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 55.1%.

Privilege Escalation Drupal
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and possibly re-install Drupal and execute arbitrary PHP code via an external database server, related to "transient. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

PHP Privilege Escalation Drupal
NVD
EPSS 19% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

The STARTTLS implementation in nnrpd in INN before 2.5.3 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted sessions by sending a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 18.8% and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Command Injection Inn +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM This Month

Advanced Productivity Software DTE Axiom before 12.3.3 does not validate the registration ID, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read or modify data about users, customers,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Dte Axiom
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM This Month

Pebble before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to trigger loss of blog-entry viewability via a crafted comment. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Pebble Simon Brown
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM This Month

MosP kintai kanri before 4.1.0 does not enforce privilege requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to read other users' information via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Kintai Kanri
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 does not properly restrict the loading of an SVG subresource in the context of an IMG element, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Chrome Google
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation RCE Google +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.6
LOW Monitor

The Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6.0.1 does not properly manage the lock state, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement and access. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The Activism module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal does not properly restrict access to the "Campaign" content type, which might allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and possibly. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Activism
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Subuser module before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal does not properly check "switch subuser" permissions, which allows remote authenticated parent users to change their role by switching to a subuser they. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Subuser
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) before 6.1(1) does not properly restrict access to certain JBoss MainDeployer functionality, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW PATCH Monitor

The Announcements module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.5 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "access announcements" permission to bypass node access restrictions and possibly have other. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Privilege Escalation Announcements Nancy Wichmann
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The contact formatter page in the Email Field module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.2 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to email the stored address in the entity via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Email
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Mime Mail module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal does not properly restrict access to files outside Drupal's publish files directory, which allows remote authenticated users to send arbitrary. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Mimemail
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

The Shibboleth authentication module 7.x-4.0 for Drupal does not properly check the active status of users, which allows remote blocked users to access bypass intended access restrictions and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Shibb Auth Niif
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.8
MEDIUM This Month

The Monthly Archive by Node Type module 6.x for Drupal does not properly check permissions defined by node_access modules, which allows remote attackers to access restricted nodes via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Monthly Archive By Node Type
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Location module 6.x before 6.x-3.2 and 7.x before 7.x-3.0-alpha1 for Drupal does not properly check user or node access permissions, which allows remote attackers to read node or user results via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Location
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The commons_discussion_views_default_views function in modules/features/commons_discussion/commons_discussion.views_default.inc in the Drupal Commons module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.8 for Drupal does not. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Commons Acquia
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

TomatoCart 1.1.7, when the PayPal Express Checkout module is enabled in sandbox mode, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended payment requirements by modifying a certain redirection URL. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Tomatocart
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Citrix Cloud.com CloudStack, and Apache CloudStack pre-release, allows remote attackers to make arbitrary API calls by leveraging the system user account, as demonstrated by API calls to delete VMs. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apache Citrix +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The server in TIBCO Formvine 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.1 does not properly implement access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Formvine Tibco
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

user/index_inline_editor_submit.php in ATutor AContent 1.2-1 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary user passwords via a crafted request. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP Privilege Escalation Atutor +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

ATutor AContent before 1.2-1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary user passwords or category names via a direct request to (1) user/index_inline_editor_submit.php or (2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

PHP Privilege Escalation Atutor +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.6
LOW Monitor

ibacm 1.0.7 creates files with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to overwrite the ib_acm daemon log or ibacm.port file. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Ibacm Openfabrics
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a passphrase is cached, which allows attackers to have an. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4). Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Gnome Gnome Keyring
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW Monitor

Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Rhncfg
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

mod_cluster 1.0.10 before 1.0.10 CP03 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4, as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2, when "ROOT" is set to excludedContexts, exposes the root context of the server,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

The FTP client in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly manage privileges in an RBAC environment, which allows attackers to bypass intended file-read restrictions by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation IBM Aix +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

Mozilla Firefox 16.0, Thunderbird 16.0, and SeaMonkey 2.13 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read the properties of a Location object via a crafted web site, a related issue. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Mozilla Firefox +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

install/index.php in Craig Knudsen WebCalendar before 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to modify settings.php and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the user theme preference. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP Privilege Escalation RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Chrome Google
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 2.9
LOW Monitor

openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.9). No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Opencryptoki Opencryptoki Project
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The dump_resource function in dird/dird_conf.c in Bacula before 5.2.11 does not properly enforce ACL rules, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain resource dump information via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Debian Debian Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.6
LOW POC Monitor

The nssconfigFound function in genkey.pl in crypto-utils 2.4.1-34 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the "list" file in the current working directory. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Crypto Utils Fedoraproject
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly restrict JSAPI access to the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Mozilla +14
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM This Month

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0 on Android assigns chrome privileges to Reader Mode pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW PATCH Monitor

dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop +6
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW Monitor

MySQL 5.0.88, and possibly other versions and platforms, allows local users to bypass certain privilege checks by calling CREATE TABLE on a MyISAM table with modified (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation MySQL Oracle +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Registration Codes module before 6.x-2.4 for Drupal does not restrict access to the registration code list, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended registration restrictions. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Regcode
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM This Month

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of the root account during operations with a non-root effective UID, which might allow local users to bypass intended file-read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Monkey Monkey Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 uses a real UID of root and a real GID of root during execution of CGI scripts, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging cgi-bin write access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9). No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Monkey Monkey Project
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Mavili Guestbook, as released in November 2007, allows remote attackers to edit, delete, and approve arbitrary messages via a direct request to (1) edit.asp, (2) delete.asp, or (3) approve.asp. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Mavili Guestbook Mavili Guestbook Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

Mavili Guestbook, as released in November 2007, stores guestbook.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read the database via a direct request. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Mavili Guestbook Mavili Guestbook Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

The libxslt support in contrib/xml2 in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.20, 8.4 before 8.4.13, 9.0 before 9.0.9, and 9.1 before 9.1.5 does not properly restrict access to files and URLs, which allows remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation PostgreSQL XXE
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

CA License (aka CA Licensing) before 1.90.03 allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files, and consequently gain privileges, via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Broadcom License Software
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

CA License (aka CA Licensing) before 1.90.03 does not properly restrict system commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Broadcom License Software
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict the binding of external SOAP web-services messages, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass unspecified authorization checks and obtain. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Eucalyptus
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict the binding of external SOAP web-services messages, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a message to (1) Cloud. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Eucalyptus
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

The Apache Santuario configuration in Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict applying XML Signature transforms to documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Apache +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

The myuser_delete function in libathemecore/account.c in Atheme 5.x before 5.2.7, 6.x before 6.0.10, and 7.x before 7.0.0-beta2 does not properly clean up CertFP entries when a user is deleted, which. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Atheme
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW PATCH Monitor

fuser in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly restrict the -k option, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes via a crafted command line. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation IBM Aix +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

389 Directory Server 1.2.10 does not properly update the ACL when a DN entry is moved by a modrdn operation, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to bypass ACL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Privilege Escalation 389 Directory Server Fedoraproject
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Drupal 7.x before 7.14 does not properly restrict access to nodes in a list when using a "contributed node access module," which allows remote authenticated users with the "Access the content. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Drupal
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The image module in Drupal 7.x before 7.14 does not properly check permissions when caching derivative image styles of private images, which allows remote attackers to read private image styles. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Drupal
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The forum list in Drupal 7.x before 7.14 does not properly check user permissions for unpublished forum posts, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information such as the post. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Drupal
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

VMware SpringSource Grails before 1.3.8, and 2.x before 2.0.2, does not properly restrict data binding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and modify arbitrary. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation VMware Grails +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM This Month

src/condor_schedd.V6/schedd.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the permissions of jobs, which allows remote authenticated users to remove arbitrary idle. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Condor Condor Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allows remote authenticated users to modify Condor attributes and possibly gain privileges via crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Enterprise Mrg +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, does not properly restrict access to resources, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Enterprise Mrg +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu before 58.2, during installation, allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML and read arbitrary files via a crafted attribute in the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Ubuntu Ubiquity Slideshow Ubuntu
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

The ATOK application before 1.0.4 for Android allows remote attackers to read the learning information file, and obtain sensitive input-string information, via a crafted application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Google Atok +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW Monitor

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.45, 7.0 before 7.0.0.25, 8.0 before 8.0.0.5, and 8.5 before 8.5.0.1 on z/OS, in certain configurations involving Federated Repositories for. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3). No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation IBM Websphere Application Server
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

The System Logs implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not restrict /var/log access by sandboxed apps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted app that reads. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

Safari in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly restrict use of an unspecified Unicode character that looks similar to the https lock indicator, which allows remote attackers to spoof https. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW Monitor

The Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly manage the lock state, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement via unspecified. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW Monitor

The Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement via vectors involving use of the camera. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.6
LOW Monitor

The Emergency Dialer screen in the Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly limit the dialing methods, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW Monitor

The Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly restrict photo viewing, which allows physically proximate attackers to view arbitrary stored photos by spoofing a time value. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM This Month

The Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement via vectors related to ending a FaceTime call. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Apple Iphone Os
NVD
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