CWE-281— Improper Preservation of Permissions
The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.— MITRE CWE catalog
384 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
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- CVE-2024-27888HIGHCVSS 5.5EG 7.12024-07-29
A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
- CVE-2026-47596HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-09-30
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can write to read-only memory because the memory's permissions are not preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability m…
- CVE-2026-93658HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-09-18
uutils coreutils versions before 0.10.0 apply setuid or setgid mode to install destinations before finalizing ownership changes, allowing privileged users to leave setuid executables owned by the privileged invoker when ownership changes f…
- CVE-2025-37735HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-11-06
Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.
- CVE-2023-39902HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02023-10-17
A software vulnerability has been identified in the U-Boot Secondary Program Loader (SPL) before 2023.07 on select NXP i.MX 8M family processors. Under certain conditions, a crafted Flattened Image Tree (FIT) format structure can be used t…
- CVE-2021-44512HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02021-12-07
World-writable permissions on the /tmp/tmate/sessions directory in tmate-ssh-server 2.3.0 allow a local attacker to compromise the integrity of session handling, or obtain the read-write session ID from a read-only session symlink in this …
- CVE-2017-8593HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-08-08
Microsoft Win32k in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerabil…
- CVE-2017-8581HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerabil…
- CVE-2017-8580HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerabil…
- CVE-2017-8577HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerabil…
- CVE-2017-8574HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Graphics in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"…
- CVE-2017-8573HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Graphics in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerab…
- CVE-2017-8562HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows improperly handling calls to Advanced Local …
- CVE-2017-8561HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in me…
- CVE-2017-8556HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Graphics in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerab…
- CVE-2017-8467HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-07-11
Graphics in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability …
- CVE-2017-8579HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02017-06-29
The DirectX component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vu…
- CVE-2026-44947MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92026-06-30
A missing clean-up in the legacy Project Role Template Binding (PRTB) reconciler in Rancher versions 2.13.0 up to 2.13.7 and 2.14.0 up to 2.14.3 allowed users to retain unauthorized Pod Security Admission (PSA) permissions after an admin…
- CVE-2026-88922MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72026-09-15
The go-getter library up to versions 1.8.8 and 2.2.3 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue in its archive decompression handling that may allow a crafted archive to cause extracted files to be created with elevated permission bits.…
- CVE-2022-47637MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72023-09-12
The installer in XAMPP through 8.1.12 allows local users to write to the C:\xampp directory. Common use cases execute files under C:\xampp with administrative privileges.
- CVE-2018-12989MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72018-08-03
The report-viewing feature in Pearson VUE Certiport Console 8 and IQSystem 7 before 2018-06-26 mishandles child processes and consequently launches Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge as Administrator, which allows local users to gain priv…
- CVE-2026-35350MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62026-04-22
The cp utility in uutils coreutils fails to properly handle setuid and setgid bits when ownership preservation fails. When copying with the -p (preserve) flag, the utility applies the source mode bits even if the chown operation is unsucce…
- CVE-2019-0073MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62019-10-09
The PKI keys exported using the command "run request security pki key-pair export" on Junos OS may have insecure file permissions. This may allow another user on the Junos OS device with shell access to read them. This issue affects: Junip…
- CVE-2026-58494MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-07-08
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.11, 36.0.12, 45.0.3, and 46.0.1, wasmtime-wasi hard-link creation and renaming check directory permissions but not matching FilePerms on source and destination preopens, allowing a WASI …
- CVE-2024-56178MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52025-01-27
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the security_admin_local role can create a new user in a group that has the admin role.
- CVE-2024-50928MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52024-12-10
Insecure permissions in Silicon Labs (SiLabs) Z-Wave Series 700 and 800 v7.21.1 allow attackers to change the wakeup interval of end devices in controller memory, disrupting the device's communications with the controller.
- CVE-2024-50924MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52024-12-10
Insecure permissions in Silicon Labs (SiLabs) Z-Wave Series 700 and 800 v7.21.1 allow attackers to cause disrupt communications between the controller and the device itself via repeatedly sending crafted packets to the controller.
- CVE-2024-50921MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52024-12-10
Insecure permissions in Silicon Labs (SiLabs) Z-Wave Series 700 and 800 v7.21.1 allow attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via repeatedly sending crafted packets to the controller.
- CVE-2024-29080MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52024-07-19
Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP Display Control software component within the HP Application Enabling Software Driver which might allow escalation of privilege.
- CVE-2023-52542MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52024-04-08
Permission verification vulnerability in the system module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.
- CVE-2023-25812MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52023-02-21
Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Affected versions do not correctly honor a `Deny` policy on ByPassGoverance. Ideally, minio should return "Access Denied" to all users attempting to DELETE a versionId with the special head…
- CVE-2022-39230MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52022-09-23
fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart is an implementation of the authorization interface from the FHIR Works interface. Versions 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 are subject to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor. This issue allows a client…
- CVE-2021-22382MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52021-06-22
Huawei LTE USB Dongle products have an improper permission assignment vulnerability. An attacker can locally access and log in to a PC to induce a user to install a specially crafted application. After successfully exploiting this vulnerab…
- CVE-2021-21735MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52021-06-10
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. Due to improper permission settings, an attacker with ordinary user permissions could exploit this vulnerability to obtain some sensitive user information through the wizard page without…
- CVE-2020-12353MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52020-11-12
Improper permissions in the Intel(R) Data Center Manager Console before version 3.6.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.
- CVE-2020-6564MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52020-09-21
Inappropriate implementation in permissions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.83 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of a permission dialog via a crafted HTML page.
- CVE-2020-14958MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52020-06-21
In Gogs 0.11.91, MakeEmailPrimary in models/user_mail.go lacks a "not the owner of the email" check.
- CVE-2019-15621MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52020-02-04
Improper permissions preservation in Nextcloud Server 16.0.1 causes sharees to be able to reshare with write permissions when sharing the mount point of a share they received, as a public link.
- CVE-2019-16539MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52019-11-21
A missing permission check in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete support bundles.
- CVE-2019-11748MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52019-09-27
WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to n…
- CVE-2019-6791MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52019-09-09
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control (issue 3 of 3). When a project with visibility more permissive than the targe…
- CVE-2019-6995MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52019-09-09
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. Users are able to comment on locked project issues.
- CVE-2023-22738MEDIUMCVSS 6.3EG 6.52023-03-01
vantage6 is a privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure for secure insight exchange. Assigning existing users to a different organizations is currently possible. It may lead to unintended access: if a user from organization A is…
- CVE-2021-3418MEDIUMCVSS 6.4EG 6.42021-03-15
If certificates that signed grub are installed into db, grub can be booted directly. It will then boot any kernel without signature validation. The booted kernel will think it was booted in secureboot mode and will implement lockdown, yet …
- CVE-2026-39828MEDIUMCVSS 6.3EG 6.32026-05-22
When an SSH server authentication callback returned PartialSuccessError with non-nil Permissions, those permissions were silently discarded, potentially dropping certificate restrictions such as force-command after a second factor succeede…
- CVE-2024-28152MEDIUMCVSS 6.3EG 6.32024-03-06
In Jenkins Bitbucket Branch Source Plugin 866.vdea_7dcd3008e and earlier, except 848.850.v6a_a_2a_234a_c81, when discovering pull requests from forks, the trust policy "Forks in the same account" allows changes to Jenkinsfiles from users w…
- CVE-2024-0674MEDIUMCVSS 6.3EG 6.32024-01-30
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines, in its 7.1 version, which could allow a local user to acquire root permissions by modifying the updatescript.js, inserting special code inside the script and creatin…
- CVE-2022-36102MEDIUMCVSS 6.3EG 6.32022-09-12
Shopware is an open source e-commerce software. In affected versions if backend admin controllers are called with a certain notation, the ACL could be bypassed. Users could execute actions, which they are normally not able to do. Users are…
- CVE-2021-41091MEDIUMCVSS 6.3EG 6.32021-10-04
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where the data directory (typically `/var/lib/docker`) contained subdirectories with insufficiently restricted pe…
- CVE-2024-50929MEDIUMCVSS 6.2EG 6.22024-12-10
Insecure permissions in Silicon Labs (SiLabs) Z-Wave Series 700 and 800 v7.21.1 allow attackers to arbitrarily change the device type in the controller's memory, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
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