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.
629 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-2MMX-JX99-8CMF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-28 21:30 – Updated: 2026-01-21 21:30HP ThinPro 8.1 System management application failed to verify user's true id. HP has released HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8, which includes updates to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
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"details": "HP ThinPro 8.1 System management application failed to verify user\u0027s true id. HP has released HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8, which includes updates to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.",
"id": "GHSA-2mmx-jx99-8cmf",
"modified": "2026-01-21T21:30:28Z",
"published": "2025-10-28T21:30:33Z",
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"url": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_13164593-13164617-16/hpsbhf04066"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-2RHX-QHXP-5JPW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-17 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-06 17:19A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire cluster.
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"id": "GHSA-2rhx-qhxp-5jpw",
"modified": "2026-04-06T17:19:54Z",
"published": "2024-05-17T15:31:10Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/issues/3041"
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"url": "https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3040"
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"url": "https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3045"
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"url": "https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3046"
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"url": "https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/pull/3049"
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"url": "https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner-operator/commit/b27a04c4270e53cbff6ff8ac6245db10c204bcab"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4591"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6503"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5042"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280921"
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"summary": "Submariner Operator sets unnecessary RBAC permissions"
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GHSA-2RJ3-5W4F-4XJJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-12 06:34 – Updated: 2025-08-12 06:34ACAP applications can be executed with elevated privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-12T06:15:26Z",
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"details": "ACAP applications can be executed with elevated privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP\u00a0applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.",
"id": "GHSA-2rj3-5w4f-4xjj",
"modified": "2025-08-12T06:34:24Z",
"published": "2025-08-12T06:34:24Z",
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"url": "https://www.axis.com/dam/public/ae/19/16/cve-2025-3892pdf-en-US-492760.pdf"
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GHSA-2WVH-87G2-89HR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-23 14:17 – Updated: 2026-04-23 14:17Vulnerability Type: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Attack type: Authenticated remote Impact: Data disclosure/manipulation, privilege escalation Affected components: The following docker images: • Openc3inc/openc3-COSMOS-script-runner-api
The Script Runner widget allows users to execute Python and Ruby scripts directly from the openc3-COSMOS-script-runner-api container. Because all the docker containers share a network, users can execute specially crafted scripts to bypass the API permissions check and perform administrative actions, including reading and modifying data inside the Redis database, which can be used to read secrets and change COSMOS settings, as well as read and write to the buckets service, which holds configuration, log, and plugin files. These actions are normally only available from the Admin Console or with administrative privileges. Any user with permission to create and run scripts can connect to any service in the docker network.
Figure 1: Environment variables, including Redis credentials, found in the Script Runner container A Ruby script is used to expose the Redis username, password, hostname, and port. These credentials might also be found from the source code or through a brute-force attack.
Figure 2: A Python script is used to add data to Redis and retrieve the new data
A Python script is then used to create a new entry in the Redis database called openc3__settings_hacked with a key of store_url and a value of http://hacked.com.
Figure 3: The new data found in the Redis database
The new entry was successfully added to the Redis database, as is confirmed by using redis-cli.
The following example shows how an attacker might change the plugin store URL file that is stored in the config bucket.
Figure 4: Uploading file to change the plugin store URL setting
Figure 5: The URL file was successfully changed
Steps To Reproduce
- Run the following Ruby code to find the Redis credentials:
puts `env | grep redis`
- Add the following Python script with the credentials to create a new entry and read it
import redis
import json
import time
r = redis.Redis(
host = 'openc3-redis',
port = 6379,
username = 'openc3',
password = 'openc3password',
decode_responses=True
)
# Save a setting
setting_data = {
'name': 'store_url',
'data': 'http://hacked.com',
'updated_at': time.time_ns()
}
r.hset('openc3__settings_hacked','store_url',json.dumps(setting_data))
print(r.hget('openc3__settings_hacked','store_url'))
Recommendations
• Limit the permissions of the script runner API to prevent lower level users from performing administrative actions
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"details": "**Vulnerability Type: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges\nAttack type: Authenticated remote\nImpact: Data disclosure/manipulation, privilege escalation\nAffected components: The following docker images:\n\u2022\tOpenc3inc/openc3-COSMOS-script-runner-api**\n\nThe Script Runner widget allows users to execute Python and Ruby scripts directly from the openc3-COSMOS-script-runner-api container. Because all the docker containers share a network, users can execute specially crafted scripts to bypass the API permissions check and perform administrative actions, including reading and modifying data inside the Redis database, which can be used to read secrets and change COSMOS settings, as well as read and write to the buckets service, which holds configuration, log, and plugin files. These actions are normally only available from the Admin Console or with administrative privileges. Any user with permission to create and run scripts can connect to any service in the docker network. \n \n\u003cimg width=\"940\" height=\"473\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bf524163-127d-4349-999b-cefc53d4374d\" /\u003e\n\nFigure 1: Environment variables, including Redis credentials, found in the Script Runner container\nA Ruby script is used to expose the Redis username, password, hostname, and port. These credentials might also be found from the source code or through a brute-force attack.\n \n\u003cimg width=\"940\" height=\"507\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6d3ccad4-949d-4eeb-a5f8-3aca48bbe815\" /\u003e\n\nFigure 2: A Python script is used to add data to Redis and retrieve the new data\nA Python script is then used to create a new entry in the Redis database called `openc3__settings_hacked` with a key of `store_url` and a value of `http://hacked.com`.\n \n\u003cimg width=\"940\" height=\"70\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fcef13be-5416-4627-9c95-617a24674ee0\" /\u003e\n\nFigure 3: The new data found in the Redis database\nThe new entry was successfully added to the Redis database, as is confirmed by using `redis-cli`. \nThe following example shows how an attacker might change the plugin store URL file that is stored in the config bucket.\n \n\u003cimg width=\"940\" height=\"640\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/681b4dd6-4b6e-4a91-8480-0c9fbff76ede\" /\u003e\n\nFigure 4: Uploading file to change the plugin store URL setting\n \n\u003cimg width=\"940\" height=\"189\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/630db0bb-217e-4205-be1d-e9891516b22f\" /\u003e\n\nFigure 5: The URL file was successfully changed\n###\tSteps To Reproduce\n1.\tRun the following Ruby code to find the Redis credentials:\n```ruby\nputs `env | grep redis`\n```\n3.\tAdd the following Python script with the credentials to create a new entry and read it\n```python\nimport redis\nimport json\nimport time\n\nr = redis.Redis(\n host = \u0027openc3-redis\u0027,\n port = 6379,\n username = \u0027openc3\u0027, \n password = \u0027openc3password\u0027, \n decode_responses=True\n)\n\n# Save a setting\nsetting_data = {\n \u0027name\u0027: \u0027store_url\u0027,\n \u0027data\u0027: \u0027http://hacked.com\u0027,\n \u0027updated_at\u0027: time.time_ns()\n}\nr.hset(\u0027openc3__settings_hacked\u0027,\u0027store_url\u0027,json.dumps(setting_data))\nprint(r.hget(\u0027openc3__settings_hacked\u0027,\u0027store_url\u0027))\n```\n\n###\tRecommendations\n\u2022\tLimit the permissions of the script runner API to prevent lower level users from performing administrative actions",
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"modified": "2026-04-23T14:17:53Z",
"published": "2026-04-23T14:17:53Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/security/advisories/GHSA-2wvh-87g2-89hr"
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"url": "https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"summary": "OpenC3 COSMOS: Permissions Bypass Provides User Access to Unassigned Administrative Actions via Script Runner Tool"
}
GHSA-2X8R-WP6Q-WHXR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-04 00:31 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:21NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-04T00:15:09Z",
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"details": "\n\n\n\n\nNVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.\n\n\n\n\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-2x8r-wp6q-whxr",
"modified": "2024-04-04T05:21:08Z",
"published": "2023-07-04T00:31:39Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25521"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5461"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-32F6-JRX4-X77H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-31 00:30 – Updated: 2025-11-05 18:31Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.7 used a temporary directory for Highcharts exports with overly permissive ownership/permissions under the Apache user. Local or co-hosted processes could read/overwrite export artifacts or manipulate paths, risking disclosure or tampering and potential code execution depending on deployment.
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"id": "GHSA-32f6-jrx4-x77h",
"modified": "2025-11-05T18:31:30Z",
"published": "2025-10-31T00:30:32Z",
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"url": "https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi"
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"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-insecure-permissions-on-highcharts-temporary-directory"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-32WF-9FVJ-8HX8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-31 18:31 – Updated: 2024-05-31 18:31A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client for Windows allows a low privileged user to execute code as SYSTEM.
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"id": "GHSA-32wf-9fvj-8hx8",
"modified": "2024-05-31T18:31:16Z",
"published": "2024-05-31T18:31:15Z",
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GHSA-344H-XJ76-VWRQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-12 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-17 18:30A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root.This issue affects lightdm-kde-greeter. before 6.0.4.
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"id": "GHSA-344h-xj76-vwrq",
"modified": "2025-11-17T18:30:29Z",
"published": "2025-11-12T15:31:29Z",
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"url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62876"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/17/4"
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GHSA-35JV-46P3-X4G4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-09 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-09 18:31[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see:
https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xencenter/current-release/rbac-overview.html#rbac-roles
The pool-admin role is fully privileged. Notably, users with this role can also SSH into the host as root.
The other administrator roles are pool-operator, vm-power-admin and vm-admin, each of which are authorised to configure and manage various aspects of the system.
Some settings are inadequately restricted, and can be set by a lower privilege of administrator than expected.
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CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said disks to a VM they control. This is an arbitrary read and/or modify of files in dom0.
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CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain and mark a VM as a system domain. System domains are ignored and left running during certain other host/pool operations, and may be hidden from view in tooling.
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CVE-2026-23561: A vm-admin can set VM.other_config:storage_driver_domain and mark a VM as the storage domain for a particular host storage connection (PBD). Shutting down the VM can cause the PBD to be erroneously marked as unplugged when it is not.
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CVE-2026-23562: Configuration of PCI passthrough is normally restricted to the pool-admin role. However one API was missing this check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.
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CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it can allow arbitrary dom0 file write.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23561"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-250"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-09T16:16:39Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
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"details": "[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]\nXAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role\nBased Access Control. For more details, see:\n\n https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xencenter/current-release/rbac-overview.html#rbac-roles\n\nThe pool-admin role is fully privileged. Notably, users with this role\ncan also SSH into the host as root.\n\nThe other administrator roles are pool-operator, vm-power-admin and\nvm-admin, each of which are authorised to configure and manage various\naspects of the system.\n\nSome settings are inadequately restricted, and can be set by a lower\nprivilege of administrator than expected.\n\n * CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and\n turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said\n disks to a VM they control. This is an arbitrary read and/or modify\n of files in dom0.\n\n * CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain\n and mark a VM as a system domain. System domains are ignored and\n left running during certain other host/pool operations, and may be\n hidden from view in tooling.\n\n * CVE-2026-23561: A vm-admin can set VM.other_config:storage_driver_domain\n and mark a VM as the storage domain for a particular host storage\n connection (PBD). Shutting down the VM can cause the PBD to be\n erroneously marked as unplugged when it is not.\n\n * CVE-2026-23562: Configuration of PCI passthrough is normally\n restricted to the pool-admin role. However one API was missing this\n check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.\n\n * CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial\n parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it\n can allow arbitrary dom0 file write.",
"id": "GHSA-35jv-46p3-x4g4",
"modified": "2026-07-09T18:31:50Z",
"published": "2026-07-09T18:31:50Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23561"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-489.html"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-364P-86W3-X6RV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-29 12:31 – Updated: 2024-09-13 21:31An untrusted search path vulnerability in the AprolConfigureCCServices of B&R APROL <= R 4.2.-07P3 and <= R 4.4-00P3 may allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-5622"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-250",
"CWE-426"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-29T11:15:27Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An untrusted search path vulnerability in the AprolConfigureCCServices of B\u0026R APROL \u003c= R 4.2.-07P3 and \u003c= R 4.4-00P3 may allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-364p-86w3-x6rv",
"modified": "2024-09-13T21:31:21Z",
"published": "2024-08-29T12:31:05Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5622"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.br-automation.com/fileadmin/SA24P2014_Multiple_vulnerabilities_in_BR_APROL.pdf-367290ae.pdf"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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Mitigation MIT-17
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.