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 17 of 42
- CVE-2018-12131HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-10
Permissions in the driver pack installers for Intel NVMe before version 4.0.0.1007 and Intel RSTe before version 4.7.0.2083 may allow an authenticated user to potentially escalate privilege via local access.
- CVE-2018-8411HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-10
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access, aka "NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, W…
- CVE-2018-17775HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-08
Seqrite End Point Security v7.4 has "Everyone: (F)" permission for %PROGRAMFILES%\Seqrite\Seqrite, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an executable file with a Trojan horse.
- CVE-2018-11064HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-10-05
Dell EMC Unity OE versions 4.3.0.x and 4.3.1.x and UnityVSA OE versions 4.3.0.x and 4.3.1.x contains an Incorrect File Permissions vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to alter …
- CVE-2018-17776HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-28
PCProtect Anti-Virus v4.8.35 has "Everyone: (F)" permission for %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PCProtect, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an executable file with a Trojan horse.
- CVE-2018-16588HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-26
Privilege escalation can occur in the SUSE useradd.c code in useradd, as distributed in the SUSE shadow package through 4.2.1-27.9.1 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (SLE-12) and through 4.5-5.39 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (SLE-15). Non-exis…
- CVE-2018-14327HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-26
The installer for the Alcatel OSPREY3_MINI Modem component on EE EE40VB 4G mobile broadband modems with firmware before EE40_00_02.00_45 sets weak permissions (Everyone:Full Control) for the "Web Connecton\EE40" and "Web Connecton\EE40\Bac…
- CVE-2018-11277HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-20
In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDA660, the com.qualcomm.embms is a vendor…
- CVE-2018-12168HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-12
Privilege escalation in file permissions in Intel Computing Improvement Program before version 2.2.0.03942 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code as administrator via local access.
- CVE-2018-12162HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-12
Directory permissions in the Intel OpenVINO Toolkit for Windows before version 2018.1.265 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code using default directory permissions via local access.
- CVE-2018-12148HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-12
Privilege escalation in file permissions in Intel Driver and Support Assistant before 3.5.0.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code as administrator via local access.
- CVE-2018-13412HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-12
An issue was discovered in the Self Service Portal in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.282. A clickable company logo in a window running as SYSTEM can be abused to escalate privileges. In cloud, the issue is fixed in 10.0.470 …
- CVE-2018-16545HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-09-05
Kaizen Asset Manager (Enterprise Edition) and Training Manager (Enterprise Edition) allow a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via file impersonation. For example, a malicious dynamic-link library (dll) assumed the identit…
- CVE-2018-5546HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-08-17
The svpn and policyserver components of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.1 for Linux and macOS runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to get ownership of files owned by root on the local client host.…
- CVE-2018-11453HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-08-07
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-2018-11642HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-07-03
Incorrect Permission Assignment on the /var/www/xms/cleanzip.sh shell script run periodically in Dialogic PowerMedia XMS through 3.5 allows local users to execute code as the root user.
- CVE-2018-12028HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-17
An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows a Passenger-managed malicious application, upon spawning a child process, to report an arbitrary different PID back to Passenger's proc…
- CVE-2018-11334HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-05-23
Windscribe 1.81 creates a named pipe with a NULL DACL that allows Everyone users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via \\.\pipe\WindscribeService.
- CVE-2018-10647HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-05-02
SaferVPN 4.2.5 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its "SaferVPN.Service" service. The "SaferVPN.Service" service executes "openvpn.exe" using OpenVPN config files located within the current user's %LOCA…
- CVE-2018-10646HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-05-02
CyberGhost 6.5.0.3180 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "CG6Service" service. This service establishes a NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call …
- CVE-2018-10645HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-05-02
Golden Frog VyprVPN 2.12.1.8015 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "VyprVPN" service. This service establishes a NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows applications to connect and call publicly expo…
- CVE-2018-5349HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-03-22
A vulnerability has been found in Heimdal PRO v2.2.190, but it is most likely also present in Heimdal FREE and Heimdal CORP. Faulty permissions on the directory "C:\ProgramData\Heimdal Security\Heimdal Agent" allow BUILTIN\Users to write n…
- CVE-2018-1386HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-03-14
IBM Tivoli Workload Automation for AIX (IBM Workload Scheduler 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4) contains directories with improper permissions that could allow a local user to with special access to gain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 138208.
- CVE-2017-18225HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-03-12
The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd, jabberd2-c2s, jabberd2-router, jabberd2-s2s, and jabberd2-sm in /usr/bin owned by the jabber account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access …
- CVE-2018-7581HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-03-09
\ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer\WebServer.cfg in WebLog Expert Web Server Enterprise 9.4 has weak permissions (BUILTIN\Users:(ID)C), which allows local users to set a cleartext password and login as admin.
- CVE-2018-5313HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-03-08
A vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privilege on Rapid Scada 5.5.0 because of weak C:\SCADA permissions. The specific flaw exists within the access control that is set and modified during the installation of the product. The…
- CVE-2018-7408HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-02-22
An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status…
- CVE-2018-1168HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-02-21
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of ABB MicroSCADA 9.3 with FP 1-2-3. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exp…
- CVE-2017-13236HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-02-12
In the KeyStore service, there is a permissions bypass that allows access to protected resources. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with system execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Pr…
- CVE-2018-6606HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-02-04
An issue was discovered in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150. Improper access control in zam32.sys and zam64.sys allows a non-privileged process to register itself with the driver by sending IOCTL 0x80002010 and then using IOCTL 0x8000204C…
- CVE-2018-6593HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-02-03
An issue was discovered in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150. Improper access control in zam32.sys and zam64.sys allows a non-privileged process to register itself with the driver by connecting to the filter communication port and then usi…
- CVE-2017-16945HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-31
The standardrestorer binary in Arq 5.10 and earlier for Mac allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a crafted restore path.
- CVE-2017-16928HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-31
The arq_updater binary in Arq 5.10 and earlier for Mac allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a crafted update URL, as demonstrated by file:///tmp/blah/Arq.zip.
- CVE-2018-0752HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-04
The Windows Kernel API in Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way th…
- CVE-2017-1000485HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-03
Nylas Mail Lives 2.2.2 uses 0755 permissions for $HOME/.nylas-mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive authentication information via standard filesystem operations.
- CVE-2017-13168HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-12-06
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel scsi driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID A-65023233.
- CVE-2017-16895HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-12-01
The (1) arq_updater, (2) arqcommitter, (3) standardrestorer, (4) arqglacierrestorer, and (5) arqs3glacierrestorer helper apps in Arq 5.x before 5.10 for Mac allow local users to gain root privileges via a crafted data packet.
- CVE-2017-16882HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-18
Icinga Core through 1.14.0 initially executes bin/icinga as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-root account (and similarly can have etc/icinga.cfg owned by a non-root account), which allows local u…
- CVE-2017-0831HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-16
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android framework (window manager). Product: Android. Versions: 8.0. Android ID: A-37442941.
- CVE-2017-0830HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-16
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android framework (device policy client). Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0. Android ID: A-62623498.
- CVE-2017-16834HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-16
PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.
- CVE-2017-15288HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-15
The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbi…
- CVE-2017-3166HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-13
In Apache Hadoop versions 2.6.1 to 2.6.5, 2.7.0 to 2.7.3, and 3.0.0-alpha1, if a file in an encryption zone with access permissions that make it world readable is localized via YARN's localization mechanism, that file will be stored in a w…
- CVE-2017-16757HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-09
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 7za.exe or hola.exe file.
- CVE-2017-16659HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-11-08
The Gentoo mail-filter/assp package 1.9.8.13030 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the assp user account to install a Trojan horse /usr/share/assp/assp.pl script.
- CVE-2017-15945HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-10-27
The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local u…
- CVE-2017-9958HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-09-26
An improper access control vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's U.motion Builder software versions 1.2.1 and prior in which an improper handling of the system configuration can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code under the …
- CVE-2017-14730HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-09-25
The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account…
- CVE-2017-13779HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-09-14
GSTN_offline_tool in India Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Offline Utility tool before 1.2 executes winstart-server.vbs from the "C:\GST Offline Tool" directory, which has insecure permissions. This allows local users to gain privile…
- CVE-2017-0752HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-09-08
A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android framework (windowmanager). Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-62196835.
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