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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 (13381)

EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acronis True Image prior to 2021 Update 4 for Windows allowed local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation True Image
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acronis True Image prior to 2021 Update 4 for Windows allowed local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling (issue 2 of 2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation True Image
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acronis True Image prior to 2021 Update 5 for Windows allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation True Image
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acronis True Image prior to 2021 Update 4 for Windows allowed local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling (issue 1 of 2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation True Image
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An incorrect permission assignment privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service and Worry-Free Business Security Services could allow an attacker to modify a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Trend Micro Apex One +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Privilege Escalation Traefik
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Authorization vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources.

Privilege Escalation Authentication Bypass Digital Experience Platform +1
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EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 6, does not properly check user. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Digital Experience Platform Liferay Portal
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EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Portal Workflow module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 93, 7.1 before fix pack 19 and 7.2 before fix pack 6, does not properly check user permission,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Digital Experience Platform Liferay Portal
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Insufficient policy enforcement in Installer in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Google Privilege Escalation Chrome +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Portlet Configuration module in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack pack 93 and 94, 7.1 fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 8, does not properly check user. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Digital Experience Platform Liferay Portal
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.1, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, does not properly check permission of pages, which allows remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Digital Experience Platform Liferay Portal
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A component of the HarmonyOS has a Improper Privilege Management vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Harmonyos
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei ManageOne 8.0.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Privilege Escalation Manageone
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Huawei products. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Privilege Escalation Ecns280 Td Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An insecure permissions issue was discovered in HMI3 Control Panel in Swisslog Healthcare Nexus Panel operated by released versions of software before Nexus Software 7.2.5.7. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Hmi 3 Control Panel Firmware
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In MB connect line mbDIALUP versions <= 3.9R0.0 a low privileged local attacker can send a command to the service running with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM instructing it to execute a malicous OpenVPN. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Privilege Escalation Mbdialup
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Tutor LMS - eLearning and online course solution WordPress plugin before 1.9.2 did not escape the Summary field of Announcements (when outputting it in an attribute), which can be created by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation WordPress XSS +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A failure in resetting the security context in some transaction actions in Neo4j Graph Database 4.2 and 4.3 could allow authenticated users to execute commands with elevated privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Graph Databse
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A improper input validation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Trend Micro Officescan +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

TechSmith Snagit 19.1.0.2653 uses Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which can allow attackers to obfuscate and embed crafted files used to escalate privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Snagit
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A vulnerability in the Windows installer XML (WiX) toolset of TechSmith Snagit 19.1.1.2860 allows attackers to escalate privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Snagit
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The restricted shell provided by Akkadian Provisioning Manager Engine (PME) can be escaped by abusing the 'Edit MySQL Configuration' command. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Ova Appliance Provisioning Manager
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Impala sessions use a 16 byte secret to verify that the session is not being hijacked by another user. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Apache Privilege Escalation Impala
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Nessus
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise releases up to v202106-1 did not properly perform authorization checks on a subset of API requests executed using the run token, allowing privilege escalation to. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

An incorrect permission assignment denial-of-service vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service (SaaS), Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Worry-Free Servgices could allow a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Trend Micro Apex One +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A flaw was discovered in Puppet DB, this flaw results in an escalation of privileges which allows the user to delete tables via an SQL query. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Puppet Puppet Enterprise +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

The combination of various cryptographic issues in the session management of FortiMail 6.4.0 through 6.4.4 and 6.2.0 through 6.2.6, including the encryption construction of the session cookie, may. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Fortimail
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM HMC (Hardware Management Console) V9.1.910.0 and V9.2.950.0 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to root access on a restricted shell. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

IBM Privilege Escalation Hardware Management Console
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC Act Now

The Lexmark Universal Print Driver version 2.15.1.0 and below, G2 driver 2.7.1.0 and below, G3 driver 3.2.0.0 and below, and G4 driver 4.2.1.0 and below are affected by a privilege escalation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation G2 Driver G3 Driver +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A DLL search path vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PCManager, prior to version 3.0.500.5102, that could allow privilege escalation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Lenovo Pcmanager
NVD
EPSS 45% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly performs privileged file operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation RCE +8
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Storage Spaces Controller Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Windows 10 Windows 8 1 +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows AppContainer Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +7
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows File History Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

1Password Connect server before 1.2 is missing validation checks, permitting users to create Secrets Automation access tokens that can be used to perform privilege escalation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Connect
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a locally authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges to root over the target device. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A local privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Paloalto +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Icinga Debian Linux
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

iDrive RemotePC before 7.6.48 on Windows allows privilege escalation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Remotepc
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A local malicious user can circumvent the Falco detection engine through 0.28.1 by running a program that alters arguments of system calls being executed. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Falco
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +7
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Windows Partition Management Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows Console Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Visual Studio Code .NET Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Net Education Bundle Sdk Install Tool Net Install Tool For Extension Authors
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Storage Spaces Controller Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Windows 10 Windows Server 2016 +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Windows InstallService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Windows 10 +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect privileges in the MU55 FlexiSpooler service in YSoft SafeQ 6 6.0.55 allows local user privilege escalation by overwriting the executable file via an alternative data stream. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Safeq
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In onCreate of ContactSelectionActivity.java, there is a possible way to get access to contacts without permission due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Google Privilege Escalation XSS +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In onCreateOptionsMenu of WifiNetworkDetailsFragment.java, there is a possible way for guest users to view and modify Wi-Fi settings for all configured APs due to a permissions bypass. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In onCreate of DeviceAdminAdd.java, there is a possible way to mislead a user to activate a device admin app due to improper input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Privilege Escalation Android
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.0
HIGH This Week

In onCreate of ConfirmConnectActivity, there is a possible remote bypass of user consent due to improper input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Privilege Escalation Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In BTM_TryAllocateSCN of btm_scn.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In StreamOut::prepareForWriting of StreamOut.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Privilege Escalation +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In onCreate of DevicePickerFragment.java, there is a possible way to trick the user to select an unwanted bluetooth device due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Privilege Escalation XSS +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

In beginWrite and beginRead of MessageQueueBase.h, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In flv extractor, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In onPackageAddedInternal of PermissionManagerService.java, there is possible access to external storage due to a permissions bypass. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Google Privilege Escalation Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

In onCreate of PermissionActivity.java, there is a possible permission bypass due to Confusing UI. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Google Privilege Escalation Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Insecure default variable initialization for the Intel BSSA DFT feature may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Intel Privilege Escalation Atom C3000 +942
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

The Lexmark Printer Software G2, G3 and G4 Installation Packages have a local escalation of privilege vulnerability due to a registry entry that has an unquoted service path. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Printer Software G2 Printer Software G3 +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

In SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control Server 12.0.1.200, insecure file permissions allow file deletion as SYSTEM. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Dameware Mini Remote Control
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 4.3 could allow an authenticated user gain escalated privilesges due to improper application permissions. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

IBM Privilege Escalation Cloud Pak For Applications
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Event Streams 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 could allow a user the CA private key to create their own certificates and deploy them in the cluster and gain privileges of another user. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

IBM Privilege Escalation Event Streams
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 do not exit on failed Initialization. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Dell Privilege Escalation Emc Unity Operating Environment +2
NVD
EPSS 71% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

KramerAV VIAWare, all tested versions, allow privilege escalation through misconfiguration of sudo. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Viaware
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Node.js +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

In HMS Ewon eCatcher through 6.6.4, weak filesystem permissions could allow malicious users to access files that could lead to sensitive information disclosure, modification of configuration files,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Ecatcher
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Improper MDM policy management vulnerability in KME module prior to KCS version 1.39 allows MDM users to bypass Knox Manage authentication. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Knox Cloud Services
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Improper input validation vulnerability in AR Emoji Editor prior to version 4.4.03.5 in Android Q(10.0) and above allows untrusted applications to access arbitrary files with an escalated privilege. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Privilege Escalation Ar Emoji Editor
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Bluetooth application prior to SMR July-2021 Release 1 allows untrusted application to access the Bluetooth information in Bluetooth application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Improper validation check vulnerability in PackageManager prior to SMR July-2021 Release 1 allows untrusted applications to get dangerous level permission without user confirmation in limited. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Trend Micro Password Manager (Consumer) version 5.0.0.1217 and below is vulnerable to an Integer Truncation Privilege Escalation vulnerability which could allow a local attacker to trigger a buffer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Trend Micro +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220 driver handles Privileged I/O write requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Advanced Systemcare Ultimate
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220 driver handles Privileged I/O write requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Advanced Systemcare Ultimate
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220 driver handles Privileged I/O write requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Advanced Systemcare Ultimate
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the IOCTL 0x9c406144 handling of IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 14.2.0.220. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Advanced Systemcare Ultimate
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH POC This Week

The Agent in NinjaRMM 5.0.909 has Insecure Permissions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Ninjarmm
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress Privilege Escalation PHP +1
NVD
EPSS 69% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the user registration component found in the ~/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to register on sites as an. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

WordPress Privilege Escalation PHP +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

The WP Fluent Forms plugin < 3.6.67 for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting and limited Privilege Escalation due to a missing nonce check in. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

CSRF Privilege Escalation WordPress +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could give an authenticated Facility Explorer SNC Series Supervisory Controller (F4-SNC) user an unintended level of access to the controller’s file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation F4 Snc Firmware
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

There is an Improper Permission Management Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Privilege Escalation Emui +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

There is a Permission Control Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Privilege Escalation Emui +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

There is an Improper Permission Management Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Privilege Escalation Emui +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

There is a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Privilege Escalation Emui +1
NVD
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