CWE-732— Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.— MITRE CWE catalog
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CVEs classified under CWE-732page 16 of 42
- CVE-2019-15084HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-08-16
Realtek Waves MaxxAudio driver 1.6.2.0, as used on Dell laptops, installs with incorrect file permissions. As a result, a local attacker can escalate to SYSTEM.
- CVE-2019-12808HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-08-13
ALTOOLS update service 18.1 and earlier versions contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure permission. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a service to exploit this vulnerability and execut…
- CVE-2019-14969HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-08-12
Netwrix Auditor before 9.8 has insecure permissions on %PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix Auditor\Logs\ActiveDirectory\ and sub-folders. In addition, the service Netwrix.ADA.StorageAuditService (which writes to that directory) does not perform proper i…
- CVE-2019-14935HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-08-12
3CX Phone 15 on Windows has insecure permissions on the "%PROGRAMDATA%\3CXPhone for Windows\PhoneApp" installation directory, allowing Full Control access for Everyone, and leading to privilege escalation because of a StartUp link.
- CVE-2019-12577HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-07-11
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The macOS binary openvpn_launcher.64 is setuid ro…
- CVE-2019-2023HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-06-19
In ServiceManager::add function in the hardware service manager, there is an insecure permissions check based on the PID of the caller. This could allow an app to add or replace a HAL service with its own service, gaining code execution in…
- CVE-2019-12133HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-06-18
Multiple Zoho ManageEngine products suffer from local privilege escalation due to improper permissions for the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ManageEngine directory and its sub-folders. Moreover, the services associated with said products try to execute bi…
- CVE-2018-19446HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-06-17
A File Write can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when the JavaScript API Doc.createDataObject is used. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.
- CVE-2019-2257HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-06-14
Wrong permissions in configuration file can lead to unauthorized permission in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapd…
- CVE-2018-3702HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-06-13
Improper permissions in the installer for the ITE Tech* Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10 versions before 5.4.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2019-12777HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-06-07
An issue was discovered on the ENTTEC Datagate MK2, Storm 24, Pixelator, and E-Streamer MK2 with firmware 70044_update_05032019-482. They replace secure and protected directory permissions (set as default by the underlying operating system…
- CVE-2019-4078HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-05-23
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.9 and 9.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local non privileged user to execute code as an administrator due to incorrect permissions set on MQ installation directories. IBM X-Force ID: 157190.
- CVE-2019-0171HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-05-17
Improper directory permissions in the installer for Intel(R) Quartus(R) software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2019-0138HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-05-17
Improper directory permissions in Intel(R) ACU Wizard version 12.0.0.129 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2019-0086HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-05-17
Insufficient access control vulnerability in Dynamic Application Loader software for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.65, 11.11.65, 11.22.65, 12.0.35 and Intel(R) TXE 3.1.65, 4.0.15 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially enable es…
- CVE-2018-3701HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-05-17
Improper directory permissions in the installer for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software version 20.100 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2019-8342HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-05-13
A Local Privilege Escalation in libqcocoa.dylib in Foxit Reader 3.1.0.0111 on macOS has been discovered due to an incorrect permission set.
- CVE-2018-18094HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-04-17
Improper directory permissions in installer for Intel(R) Media SDK before 2018 R2.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-6269HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-04-12
NVIDIA Jetson TX2 contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver where input/output control (IOCTL) handling for user mode requests could create a non-trusted pointer dereference, which may lead to information disclosure, denial of service,…
- CVE-2018-4049HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-04-02
An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to e…
- CVE-2018-3974HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-04-02
An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's install directory. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a system service on boot by default to exploit this…
- CVE-2018-4050HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-04-01
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can globally adjust folder permissions leading to execution of arbitrary code with el…
- CVE-2019-9166HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-28
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
- CVE-2018-18435HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-21
KioWare Server version 4.9.6 and older installs by default to "C:\kioware_com" with weak folder permissions granting any user full permission "Everyone: (F)" to the contents of the directory and it's sub-folders. In addition, the program i…
- CVE-2018-18254HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-15
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. An unprivileged user can read the cal_whitelist table in the Custom App Launcher (CAL) database, and potentially gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program at an app pathn…
- CVE-2018-20621HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-13
An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu 6.0.6. The MemuService.exe service binary is vulnerable to local privilege escalation through binary planting due to insecure permissions set at install time. This allows code to be run as NT AUTHO…
- CVE-2019-1618HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-11
A vulnerability in the Tetration Analytics agent for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect permiss…
- CVE-2019-1601HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-08
A vulnerability in the filesystem permissions of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain read and write access to a critical configuration file. The vulnerability is due to a failure to impose strict files…
- CVE-2019-1596HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-03-07
A vulnerability in the Bash shell implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privilege level to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid user credentials. The vulnerability…
- CVE-2018-3703HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-01-10
Improper directory permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) SSD Data Center Tool for Windows before v3.0.17 may allow authenticated users to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-12177HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-01-10
Improper directory permissions in the ZeroConfig service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software before version 20.90.0.7 may allow an authorized user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-20131HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-01-03
The Code42 app before 6.8.4, as used in Code42 for Enterprise, on Linux installs with overly permissive permissions on the /usr/local/crashplan/log directory. This allows a user to manipulate symbolic links to escalate privileges, or show …
- CVE-2018-11964HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-12-20
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Exposing the hashed content in /etc/passwd may lead to security issue.
- CVE-2018-3704HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-12-14
Improper directory permissions in the installer for the Intel Parallel Studio before 2019 Gold may allow authenticated users to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-18097HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-12-14
Improper directory permissions in Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox before 3.5.7 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-18093HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-12-14
Improper file permissions in the installer for Intel VTune Amplifier 2018 Update 3 and before may allow unprivileged user to potentially gain privileged access via local access.
- CVE-2018-11914HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-27
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, improper access control can lead to device node and executable to be run from /systemrw/ which presents a potential security.
- CVE-2018-11913HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-27
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, improper configuration of dev nodes may lead to potential security issue.
- CVE-2018-11910HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-27
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, improper access control can lead to device node and executable to be run from /persist/ which presents a potential issue.
- CVE-2018-11909HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-27
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, improper access control can lead to device node and executable to be run from /cache/ which presents a potential issue.
- CVE-2018-11908HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-27
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, improper access control can lead to device node and executable to be run from /data/ which presents a potential issue.
- CVE-2018-11907HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-27
In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, improper access control can lead to device node and executable to be run from /firmware/ which presents a potential issue.
- CVE-2018-3697HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-14
Improper directory permissions in the installer for the Intel Media Server Studio may allow unprivileged users to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-2490HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-13
The broadcast messages received by SAP Fiori Client are not protected by permissions. SAP Fiori Client version 1.11.5 in Google Play store addresses these issues and users must update to that version.
- CVE-2018-2489HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-13
Locally, without any permission, an arbitrary android application could delete the SSO configuration of SAP Fiori Client. SAP Fiori Client version 1.11.5 in Google Play store addresses these issues and users must update to that version.
- CVE-2018-19071HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-11-07
An issue was discovered on Foscam C2 devices with System Firmware 1.11.1.8 and Application Firmware 2.72.1.32, and Opticam i5 devices with System Firmware 1.5.2.11 and Application Firmware 2.21.1.128. /mnt/mtd/boot.sh has 0777 permissions,…
- CVE-2018-10712HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-30
The AsrDrv101.sys and AsrDrv102.sys low-level drivers in ASRock RGBLED before v1.0.35.1, A-Tuning before v3.0.210, F-Stream before v3.0.210, and RestartToUEFI before v1.0.6.2 expose functionality to read/write data from/to IO ports. This c…
- CVE-2018-10709HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-30
The AsrDrv101.sys and AsrDrv102.sys low-level drivers in ASRock RGBLED before v1.0.35.1, A-Tuning before v3.0.210, F-Stream before v3.0.210, and RestartToUEFI before v1.0.6.2 expose functionality to read and write CR register values. This …
- CVE-2018-18654HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-26
Crossroads 2.81 does not properly handle the /tmp directory during a build of xr. A local attacker can first create a world-writable subdirectory in a certain location under the /tmp directory, wait until a user process copies xr there, an…
- CVE-2018-13399HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-16
The Microsoft Windows Installer for Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible before version 4.6.1 allows local attackers to escalate privileges because of weak permissions on the installation directory.
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