CWE-280— Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state.— MITRE CWE catalog
187 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-280page 2 of 4
- CVE-2025-25179HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-06-02
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to subvert GPU HW to write to arbitrary physical memory pages.
- CVE-2025-3931HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-05-14
A flaw was found in Yggdrasil, which acts as a system broker, allowing the processes to communicate to other children's "worker" processes through the DBus component. Yggdrasil creates a DBus method to dispatch messages to workers. However…
- CVE-2025-30453HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-05-12
The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.7.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVE-2025-46584HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-05-06
Vulnerability of improper authentication logic implementation in the file system module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
- CVE-2025-31172HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-04-07
Memory write permission bypass vulnerability in the kernel futex module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
- CVE-2025-0478HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-03-24
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to issue reads and writes to arbitrary physical memory pages. Under certain circumstances this exploit could be used to corrupt data pages not alloc…
- CVE-2024-43705HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-12-28
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user can trigger the GPU kernel driver to write to arbitrary read-only system files that have been mapped into application memory.
- CVE-2024-23704HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-05-07
In onCreate of WifiDialogActivity.java, there is a possible way to bypass the DISALLOW_ADD_WIFI_CONFIG restriction due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges …
- CVE-2024-32488HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-04-15
In Foxit PDF Reader and Editor before 2024.1, Local Privilege Escalation could occur during update checks because weak permissions on the update-service folder allow attackers to place crafted DLL files there.
- CVE-2023-42931HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-03-28
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. A process may gain admin privileges without proper authentication.
- CVE-2024-0015HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-02-16
In convertToComponentName of DreamService.java, there is a possible way to launch arbitrary protected activities due to intent redirection. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User intera…
- CVE-2023-25543HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-02-06
Dell Power Manager, versions prior to 3.14, contain an Improper Authorization vulnerability in DPM service. A low privileged malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to elevate privileges on the system.
- CVE-2023-43591HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-11-15
Improper privilege management in Zoom Rooms for macOS before version 5.16.0 may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2019-17437HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-12-05
An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 …
- CVE-2021-37851HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.82022-05-11
Local privilege escalation in Windows products of ESET allows user who is logged into the system to exploit repair feature of the installer to run malicious code with higher privileges. This issue affects: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Ant…
- CVE-2020-3427HIGHCVSS 6.6EG 7.82020-10-14
The Windows Logon installer prior to 4.1.2 did not properly validate file installation paths. This allows an attacker with local user privileges to coerce the installer to write to arbitrary privileged directories. If successful, an attack…
- CVE-2023-21421HIGHCVSS 5.9EG 7.82023-02-09
Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges vulnerability in KnoxCustomManagerService prior to SMR Jan-2023 Release 1 allows attacker to access device SIM PIN.
- CVE-2024-27837HIGHCVSS 3.3EG 7.72024-05-14
A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5. A local attacker may gain access to Keychain items.
- CVE-2026-6805HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-05-07
Vulnerability on the external sharing feature in Cryptobox allows an attacker knowing a sharing link URL to retrieve information from the server allowing an offline brute-force attack of the access code associated to this sharing link.
- CVE-2025-58410HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52025-11-17
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to gain write permissions to memory buffers exported as read-only. This is caused by improper handling of the memory protections for the buffer reso…
- CVE-2025-46740HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52025-05-12
An authenticated user without user administrative permissions could change the administrator Account Name.
- CVE-2024-8451HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52024-09-30
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology have an SSH service that improperly handles insufficiently authenticated connection requests, allowing unauthorized remote attackers to exploit this weakness to occupy connection slots and preve…
- CVE-2023-52537HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52024-04-08
Vulnerability of package name verification being bypassed in the HwIms module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.
- CVE-2024-30418HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52024-04-07
Vulnerability of insufficient permission verification in the app management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.
- CVE-2024-25844HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52024-03-03
An issue was discovered in Common-Services "So Flexibilite" (soflexibilite) module for PrestaShop before version 4.1.26, allows remote attackers to escalate privileges and obtain sensitive information via debug file.
- CVE-2023-2480HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52023-05-25
Missing access permissions checks in M-Files Client before 23.5.12598.0 (excluding 23.2 SR2 and newer) allows elevation of privilege via UI extension applications
- CVE-2023-27087HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52023-03-21
Permissions vulnerabiltiy found in Xuxueli xxl-job v2.2.0, v 2.3.0 and v.2.3.1 allows attacker to obtain sensitive information via the pageList parameter.
- CVE-2026-21733HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-04-17
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to gain write permission to read-only wrapped user-mode memory and files. This is caused by improper handling of GPU memory reservation protection…
- CVE-2025-29826HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32025-05-13
Improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges in Microsoft Dataverse allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVE-2023-41972HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32024-03-26
In some rare cases, there is a password type validation missing in Revert Password check and for some features it could be disabled. Fixed Version: Win ZApp 4.3.0.121 and later.
- CVE-2020-8219HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22020-07-30
An insufficient permission check vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to change the password of a full administrator.
- CVE-2026-58416HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12026-07-21
Fork-PR Actions task can read a third private repository via the collaborative-owner branch (missing fork-PR guard)
- CVE-2026-46054HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks The existing SELinux security model for overlayfs is to allow access if the current task is able to access the…
- CVE-2025-2503HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12025-05-30
An improper permission handling vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PC Manager that could allow a local attacker to perform arbitrary file deletions as an elevated user.
- CVE-2025-0468HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12025-04-04
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to subvert GPU HW to write to arbitrary physical memory pages. Under certain circumstances this exploit could be used to corrupt data pages not allo…
- CVE-2023-0181HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12023-04-01
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where memory permissions are not correctly checked, which may lead to denial of service and data tampering.
- CVE-2022-27167HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12022-05-10
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows products of ESET, spol. s r.o. allows attacker to exploit "Repair" and "Uninstall" features what may lead to arbitrary file deletion. This issue affects: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Antivirus…
- CVE-2022-22292HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12022-02-11
Unprotected dynamic receiver in Telecom prior to SMR Feb-2022 Release 1 allows untrusted applications to launch arbitrary activity.
- CVE-2021-38312HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12021-09-02
The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-a…
- CVE-2020-29031HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12021-02-15
An Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability exists in the web UI of the GateManager which allows an authenticated attacker to reset the password of any user in its domain or any sub-domain, via escalation of privileges. This issue af…
- CVE-2024-12430HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-01-07
An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could cause enable command execution. A vulnerability exists in the AC500 V3 version mentioned. After successfully exploiting CVE-2024-12429 (directory traversal), a successfully…
- CVE-2026-21121MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92026-10-12
Improper handling of insufficient permission in CmcCore prior to SMR Oct-2026 Release 1 allows local attackers to use the privileged APIs.
- CVE-2026-32639MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-08-12
Winter CMS is a content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. In versions up to and including 1.2.12, the CMS section's Theme Editor AJAX handlers did not enforce per-template-type permission checks, allowing a backend user…
- CVE-2024-8315MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-03-25
An Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges vulnerability in scripts used in B&R APROL <4.4-00P5 may allow an authenticated local attacker to read credential information.
- CVE-2025-27521MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-03-04
Vulnerability of improper access permission in the process management module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
- CVE-2026-20599MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72026-11-02
In Modem, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for ex…
- CVE-2026-20463MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72026-07-01
In Modem, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploita…
- CVE-2026-20448MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72026-05-04
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed fo…
- CVE-2023-32489MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72023-08-16
Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.2x -9.5x contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to bypass mode protections and gain elevated privileges.
- CVE-2022-21363MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62022-01-19
Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.27 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via m…
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