Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE-250
AllowedExecution with Unnecessary Privileges
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
575 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2020-10290 (GCVE-0-2020-10290)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-21 15:05 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
RVD#1495: Universal Robots URCaps execute with unbounded privileges
Summary
Universal Robots controller execute URCaps (zip files containing Java-powered applications) without any permission restrictions and a wide API that presents many primitives that can compromise the overall robot operations as demonstrated in our video. In our PoC we demonstrate how a malicious actor could 'cook' a custom URCap that when deployed by the user (intendedly or unintendedly) compromises the system
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-250 - (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/aliasrobotics/RVD/issues/1495 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Robots | URx |
Affected:
unspecified
|
Date Public
2020-08-21 00:00
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CVE-2020-10056 (GCVE-0-2020-10056)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-09 18:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in License Management Utility (LMU) (All versions < V2.4). The lmgrd service of the affected application is executed with local SYSTEM privileges on the server while its configuration can be modified by local users. The vulnerability could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the server with local SYSTEM privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/s… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-252-03 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens AG | License Management Utility (LMU) |
Affected:
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CVE-2020-7252 (GCVE-0-2020-7252)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-17 06:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Unquoted service executable path
Summary
Unquoted service executable path in DXL Broker in McAfee Data eXchange Layer (DXL) Framework 6.0.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
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Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee, LLC | Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Broker |
Affected:
6.0.x , ≤ 6.0.0
(custom)
Affected: 5.0.x , ≤ 5.0.2 (custom) |
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CVE-2020-2023 (GCVE-0-2020-2023)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-10 17:30 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kata Containers - Containers have access to the guest root filesystem device
Summary
Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Containers 1.10 versions earlier than 1.10.5; and Kata Containers 1.9 and earlier versions.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2477 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2488 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/issues/791 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/pull/792 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releas… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releas… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata Containers | Kata Containers |
Affected:
1.11 , < 1.11.1
(custom)
Affected: 1.10 , < 1.10.5 (custom) Affected: 1 , ≤ 1.9 (custom) |
Date Public
2020-06-10 00:00
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CVE-2019-16784 (GCVE-0-2019-16784)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-14 20:10 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
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Severity
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
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CVE-2019-16767 (GCVE-0-2019-16767)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-29 17:40 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
In EzMaster before 5.2.11 docker containers were executed with advanced privileges by default
Summary
The admin sys mode is now conditional and dedicated for the special case. By default, since ezmaster@5.2.11 no instance (container) is launched with advanced capabilities (not launched as root)
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
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3 references
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| https://github.com/Inist-CNRS/ezmaster/pull/51 | x_refsource_MISC |
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1 product
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CVE-2019-16765 (GCVE-0-2019-16765)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-25 17:41 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed in version 1.0.1 of the extension. Users should upgrade to this version using Visual Studio Code Marketplace's upgrade mechanism. After upgrading, the codeQL.cli.executablePath setting can only be set in the per-user settings, and not in the per-workspace settings. More information about VS Code settings can be found here.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CWE
Assigner
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3 references
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| https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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Impacted products
1 product
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| github | vscode-codeql |
Affected:
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CVE-2019-15790 (GCVE-0-2019-15790)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-27 23:25 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apport reads PID files with elevated privileges
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CWE
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CVE-2019-10168 (GCVE-0-2019-10168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-08-02 12:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 22:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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8.8 (High)
Assigner
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CVE-2019-10167 (GCVE-0-2019-10167)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-08-02 12:05 – Updated: 2024-08-04 22:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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8.8 (High)
Assigner
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Mitigation MIT-17
Architecture and Design
Operation
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
Mitigation MIT-18
Architecture and Design
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code [REF-76]. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
Mitigation MIT-18
Architecture and Design
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code [REF-76]. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
Mitigation
Implementation
Perform extensive input validation for any privileged code that must be exposed to the user and reject anything that does not fit your strict requirements.
Mitigation MIT-19
Implementation
When dropping privileges, ensure that they have been dropped successfully to avoid CWE-273. As protection mechanisms in the environment get stronger, privilege-dropping calls may fail even if it seems like they would always succeed.
Mitigation
Implementation
If circumstances force you to run with extra privileges, then determine the minimum access level necessary. First identify the different permissions that the software and its users will need to perform their actions, such as file read and write permissions, network socket permissions, and so forth. Then explicitly allow those actions while denying all else [REF-76]. Perform extensive input validation and canonicalization to minimize the chances of introducing a separate vulnerability. This mitigation is much more prone to error than dropping the privileges in the first place.
Mitigation MIT-37
Operation
System Configuration
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Ensure that the software runs properly under the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) [REF-199] or an equivalent hardening configuration guide, which many organizations use to limit the attack surface and potential risk of deployed software.
CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting
An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security.
CAPEC-470: Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database
An attacker is able to leverage access gained to the database to read / write data to the file system, compromise the operating system, create a tunnel for accessing the host machine, and use this access to potentially attack other machines on the same network as the database machine. Traditionally SQL injections attacks are viewed as a way to gain unauthorized read access to the data stored in the database, modify the data in the database, delete the data, etc. However, almost every data base management system (DBMS) system includes facilities that if compromised allow an attacker complete access to the file system, operating system, and full access to the host running the database. The attacker can then use this privileged access to launch subsequent attacks. These facilities include dropping into a command shell, creating user defined functions that can call system level libraries present on the host machine, stored procedures, etc.
CAPEC-69: Target Programs with Elevated Privileges
This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The adversary tries to leverage a vulnerability in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges.