CWE-276— Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.— MITRE CWE catalog
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- CVE-2018-10604HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82018-07-24
SEL Compass version 3.0.5.1 and prior allows all users full access to the SEL Compass directory, which may allow modification or overwriting of files within the Compass installation folder, resulting in escalation of privilege and/or malic…
- CVE-2017-16522HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-11-03
MitraStar GPT-2541GNAC (HGU) 1.00(VNJ0)b1 and DSL-100HN-T1 ES_113WJY0b16 devices allow remote authenticated users to obtain root access by specifying /bin/sh as the command to execute.
- CVE-2017-12230HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-09-29
A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE 16.2 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate their privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect default permission setting…
- CVE-2017-12763HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-08-29
An unspecified server utility in NoMachine before 5.3.10 on Mac OS X and Linux allows authenticated users to gain privileges by gaining access to local files.
- CVE-2017-8625HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-08-08
Internet Explorer in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to bypass Device Guard User Mode Code Integrity (UMCI) policies due to Internet Explorer failing to validate UMCI policies, aka "Internet Ex…
- CVE-2017-11741HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-08-08
HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts.
- CVE-2006-5014HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82006-09-27
Unspecified vulnerability in cPanel before 10.9.0 12 Tree allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors in (1) mysqladmin and (2) hooksadmin.
- CVE-2026-21765HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.82026-04-02
HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys. The private cryptographic keys located on a Windows host machine might be subject to overly permissive file system permissions.
- CVE-2023-35080HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.82023-11-15
A vulnerability has been identified in the Ivanti Secure Access Windows client, which could allow a locally authenticated attacker to exploit a vulnerable configuration, potentially leading to various security risks, including the escalati…
- CVE-2020-13270HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 8.82020-06-10
Missing permission check on fork relation creation in GitLab CE/EE 11.3 and later through 13.0.1 allows guest users to create a fork relation on restricted public projects via API
- CVE-2022-3368HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 8.82022-10-17
A vulnerability within the Software Updater functionality of Avira Security for Windows allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios. The issue was fixed with Avira Security versi…
- CVE-2021-21957HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 8.82021-12-08
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Remote Server functionality of Dream Report ODS Remote Connector 20.2.16900.0. A specially-crafted command injection can lead to elevated capabilities. An attacker can provide a malicious …
- CVE-2024-42062HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 8.82024-08-07
CloudStack account-users by default use username and password based authentication for API and UI access. Account-users can generate and register randomised API and secret keys and use them for the purpose of API-based automation and inte…
- CVE-2021-40414HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 8.82022-01-28
An incorrect default permission vulnerability exists in the cgiserver.cgi cgi_check_ability functionality of reolink RLC-410W v3.0.0.136_20121102. The SetMdAlarm API sets the movement detection parameters, giving the ability to set the sen…
- CVE-2021-40413HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 8.82022-01-28
An incorrect default permission vulnerability exists in the cgiserver.cgi cgi_check_ability functionality of reolink RLC-410W v3.0.0.136_20121102. The UpgradePrepare is the API that checks if a provided filename identifies a new version of…
- CVE-2022-40232HIGHCVSS 6.3EG 8.82023-02-17
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.1.1, and 6.1.2.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform actions they should not have access to due to improper permission controls. IBM X-Force ID: 235597.
- CVE-2022-45097HIGHCVSS 6.3EG 8.82023-02-01
Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.0.0.x-9.4.0.x contains an Incorrect User Management vulnerability. A low privileged network attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges, and information disclosure. …
- CVE-2021-22538HIGHCVSS 6.3EG 8.82021-03-31
A privilege escalation vulnerability impacting the Google Exposure Notification Verification Server (versions prior to 0.23.1), allows an attacker who (1) has UserWrite permissions and (2) is using a carefully crafted request or malicious …
- CVE-2023-37878HIGHCVSS 6.1EG 8.82023-09-12
Insecure default permissions in Wing FTP Server (Admin Web Client) allows for privilege escalation.This issue affects Wing FTP Server: <= 7.2.0.
- CVE-2021-23166HIGHCVSS 8.7EG 8.72023-04-25
A sandboxing issue in Odoo Community 15.0 and earlier and Odoo Enterprise 15.0 and earlier allows authenticated administrators to read and write local files on the server.
- CVE-2025-44643HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62025-08-04
Certain Draytek products are affected by Insecure Configuration. This affects AP903 v1.4.18 and AP912C v1.4.9 and AP918R v1.4.9. The setting of the password property in the ripd.conf configuration file sets a hardcoded weak password, posin…
- CVE-2024-55950HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62024-12-26
Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator. Prior to 1.0.216, Tabby terminal emulator contains overly permissive entitlements that are unnecessary for its core functionality and plugin system, creating potential s…
- CVE-2023-33966HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62023-05-31
Deno is a runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. In deno 1.34.0 and deno_runtime 0.114.0, outbound HTTP requests made using the built-in `node:http` or `node:https` modules are incorrectly not checked against the network permission allow l…
- CVE-2023-2749HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62023-05-31
Download Center fails to properly validate the file path submitted by a user, An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive files or directories without appropriate permission restrictions. Download Ce…
- CVE-2018-11454HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62018-08-07
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and WinCC (TIA Portal) V10, V11, V12 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and WinCC (TIA Portal) V13 (All versions < V13 SP2 Update 2), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) a…
- CVE-2026-86359HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-09-16
Dell Repository Manager, versions prior to 3.5.2, contains an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
- CVE-2026-61828HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-07-15
Nixpkgs is a collection of software packages that can be installed with the Nix package manager. Prior to the 25.11 and 26.05 channel fixes, the NixOS module for MySQL services.mysql initializes the MySQL database in a way that allows loca…
- CVE-2026-33590HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-05-28
Insecure default settings of Portainer CE grant regular (non-admin) users privileges that allow host filesystem access and host-level code execution. An authenticated non-administrative user with endpoint access can exploit these settings …
- CVE-2026-0432HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-05-15
Incorrect default permissions in the installation directory for the AMD chipset driver could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation resulting in arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2026-0539HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-04-22
Incorrect Default Permissions in pcvisit service binary on Windows allows a low-privileged local attacker to escalate their privileges by overwriting the service binary with arbitrary contents. This service binary is automatically launched…
- CVE-2026-86836HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-09-14
In Eclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.2, the agent creates workload files and Control Interface named pipes (FIFOs) under a predictable path derived from the agent name and a hash of the workload's runtime configuration. If a direc…
- CVE-2018-25359HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-05-25
Splinterware System Scheduler Pro 5.12 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to escalate privileges by modifying service executable files. Attackers can rename the WService.exe file in the inst…
- CVE-2026-33572HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-03-29
OpenClaw before 2026.2.17 creates session transcript JSONL files with overly broad default permissions, allowing local users to read transcript contents. Attackers with local access can read transcript files to extract sensitive informatio…
- CVE-2025-8432HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-10-27
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Centreon Infra Monitoring (MBI modules) allows Embedding Scripts within Scripts by CentreonBI user account on the MBI server This issue affects Infra Monitoring: from 24.10.0 before 24.10.6, …
- CVE-2025-34191HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-09-19
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host versions prior to 22.0.843 and Application prior to 20.0.1923 (macOS/Linux client deployments) contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability via the response file handling. When t…
- CVE-2024-58044HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-03-04
Permission verification bypass vulnerability in the notification module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
- CVE-2021-27285HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-01-06
An issue was discovered in Inspur ClusterEngine v4.0 that allows attackers to gain escalated Local privileges and execute arbitrary commands via /opt/tsce4/torque6/bin/getJobsByShell.
- CVE-2023-50975HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42024-02-21
The TD Bank TD Advanced Dashboard client through 3.0.3 for macOS allows arbitrary code execution because of the lack of electron::fuses::IsRunAsNodeEnabled (i.e., ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE can be used in production). This makes it easier for a …
- CVE-2023-7235HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42024-02-21
The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries t…
- CVE-2023-3440HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42023-10-03
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Hitachi JP1/Performance Management on Windows allows File Manipulation.This issue affects JP1/Performance Management - Manager: from 09-00 before 12-50-07; JP1/Performance Management - Base: f…
- CVE-2022-37018HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42022-12-12
A potential vulnerability has been identified in the system BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow escalation of privileges and code execution. HP is releasing firmware updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
- CVE-2021-22376HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42021-06-30
A component of the HarmonyOS has a Improper Privilege Management vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to bypass user restrictions.
- CVE-2020-8026HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42020-08-07
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn in openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Tumbleweed, openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers with control of the new user to escalate their privileges to root. This issue affec…
- CVE-2020-8018HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42020-05-04
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS and SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS images of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 allows local attackers with the UID 1000 to escalate to root due to a /etc director…
- CVE-2023-42928HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.42024-02-21
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
- CVE-2023-44194HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.42023-10-13
An Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated attacker with local access to the device to create a backdoor with root privileges. The issue is caused by improper directory permission…
- CVE-2026-17497HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32026-07-26
NoteGen before 0.32.0 grants the Tauri shell plugin shell:allow-execute capability for bash, python, and python3 with arbitrary arguments in the default desktop capabilities. JavaScript running in the application webview can therefore invo…
- CVE-2022-25776HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32024-09-18
Prior to the patched version, logged in users of Mautic are able to access areas of the application that they should be prevented from accessing. Users could potentially access sensitive data such as names and surnames, company names and …
- CVE-2020-9543HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32020-03-12
OpenStack Manila <7.4.1, >=8.0.0 <8.1.1, and >=9.0.0 <9.1.1 allows attackers to view, update, delete, or share resources that do not belong to them, because of a context-free lookup of a UUID. Attackers may also create resources, such as s…
- CVE-2018-20090HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32019-11-26
An issue was discovered in Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) 1.4.0 through 1.4.2. Authenticated users can bypass project permission checks and gain read-write access to any project folder.
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