About “Privilege Escalation”

A curated feed of “Privilege Escalation”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 7823 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 1227 were published. Average CVSS is 7.7 (all time; 7.9 over 365d), and 84% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management, CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment, CWE-862 - Missing Authorization.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a LOW impact class. Vendor advisories and release notes are key. Verify compatibility matrices, prefer supported long term versions, and stage rollouts with monitoring. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

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CVSS ≥ 0.0
2023-09-12
Medium

CVE-2023-37881

Weak access control in Wing FTP Server (Admin Web Client) allows for privilege escalation.This issue affects Wing FTP Server: <= 7.2.0.

Medium

CVE-2023-37878

Insecure default permissions in Wing FTP Server (Admin Web Client) allows for privilege escalation.This issue affects Wing FTP Server: <= 7.2.0.

2023-09-11
High

CVE-2023-35658

In gatt_process_prep_write_rsp of gatt_cl.cc, there is a possible privilege escalation due to a use after free. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution with no additional executi…

2023-09-07
High

CVE-2021-43753

Adobe Lightroom versions 4.4 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of parsing TIF files that could result in privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue…

2023-09-06
High

CVE-2023-4623

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing…

High

CVE-2023-4622

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's af_unix component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The unix_stream_sendpage() function tries to add data to the last skb i…

High

CVE-2023-4244

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control…

High

CVE-2023-4208

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When u32_change() is called on an existing filter, the whole…

High

CVE-2023-4207

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When fw_change() is called on an existing filter, the whole t…

High

CVE-2023-4206

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_route component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When route4_change() is called on an existing filter, the…

High

CVE-2023-4015

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating im…

High

CVE-2023-3777

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When nf_tables_delrule() is flushing table rules, it is no…

High

CVE-2023-32163

Wacom Drivers for Windows Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Wacom Drivers for Wind…

High

CVE-2023-32162

Wacom Drivers for Windows Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Wacom…

High

CVE-2023-32428

This issue was addressed with improved file handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.4, tvOS 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5, watchOS 9.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

High

CVE-2023-32426

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

2023-09-05
High

CVE-2023-39358

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escala…

High

CVE-2023-39357

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. A defect in the sql_save function was discovered. When the column type is numeric, the sql_save function directly utiliz…

High

CVE-2023-31132

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low-privileged OS user with access to a Windows…

High

CVE-2023-39359

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escala…

High

CVE-2020-35593

BMC PATROL Agent through 20.08.00 allows local privilege escalation via vectors involving pconfig +RESTART -host.

Critical

CVE-2023-3374

Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs vulnerability in Unisign Bookreen allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Bookreen: before 3.0.0.

2023-09-01
Medium

CVE-2023-41046

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It is possible in XWiki to execute Velocity code without having script right by creating an XC…

2023-08-31
High

CVE-2022-46869

Local privilege escalation during installation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis True Im…

High

CVE-2023-41744

Local privilege escalation due to unrestricted loading of unsigned libraries. The following products are affected: Acronis Agent (macOS) before build 30600, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (macOS) before bu…

High

CVE-2023-41743

Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis Cyber Pr…

High

CVE-2022-46868

Local privilege escalation during recovery due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40173.

High

CVE-2022-45451

Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40173, Acronis Agent (W…

Critical

CVE-2023-28801

An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in the SAML authentication of the Zscaler Admin UI allows a Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Admin UI: from 6.2 before 6.2r.

High

CVE-2023-3636

The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'save_users_map_name' function. This m…

2023-08-30
High

CVE-2023-40596

In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library (DLL) that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path for the OPENSSLDIR build definition. An…

2023-08-26
High

CVE-2023-36741

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

2023-08-25
Critical

CVE-2019-13690

Inappropriate implementation in OS in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security sever…

2023-08-24
High

CVE-2023-32559

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x. The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the po…

2023-08-23
High

CVE-2023-3899

A vulnerability was found in subscription-manager that allows local privilege escalation due to inadequate authorization. The D-Bus interface com.redhat.RHSM1 exposes a significant number of methods…

Critical

CVE-2023-4404

The Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12 due to insufficient restriction on the 'update_core_user' functi…

2023-08-22
Critical

CVE-2022-48522

In Perl 5.34.0, function S_find_uninit_var in sv.c has a stack-based crash that can lead to remote code execution or local privilege escalation.

2023-08-21
High

CVE-2023-36787

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-40352

McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to achieve privilege escalation by loading arbitrary DLLs.

2023-08-16
High

CVE-2022-4894

Certain HP and Samsung Printer software packages may potentially be vulnerable to elevation of privilege due to Uncontrolled Search Path Element.

Medium

CVE-2023-2737

Improper log permissions in SafeNet Authentication Service Version 3.4.0 on Windows allows an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service via local privilege escalation.

Medium

CVE-2023-32489

Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.2x -9.5x contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to bypass mode protections and gain…

High

CVE-2023-32487

Dell PowerScale OneFS, 8.2.x - 9.5.0.x, contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability. A low privileged local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service, c…

Medium

CVE-2023-32486

Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.5.x version contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges.

Medium

CVE-2023-32494

Dell PowerScale OneFS, 8.0.x-9.5.x, contains an improper handling of insufficient privileges vulnerability. A local privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to eleva…

2023-08-15
Critical

CVE-2023-4341

Broadcom RAID Controller is vulnerable to Privilege escalation to root due to creation of insecure folders by Web GUI

Critical

CVE-2023-4340

Broadcom RAID Controller is vulnerable to Privilege escalation by taking advantage of the Session prints in the log file

High

CVE-2023-2916

The InfiniteWP Client plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.11.1 via the 'admin_notice' function. This can allow authenticated attac…

2023-08-14
High

CVE-2023-38721

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor could gain access to a command line with elevated privileges…

High

CVE-2023-0872

The Horizon REST API includes a users endpoint in OpenMNS Horizon 31.0.8 and versions earlier than 32.0.2 on multiple platforms is vulnerable to elevation of privilege. The solution is to upgrade to…

High

CVE-2023-40303

GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if t…

2023-08-13
High

CVE-2023-39394

Vulnerability of API privilege escalation in the wifienhance module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the arp list to be modified.

2023-08-12
High

CVE-2023-4293

The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp…

2023-08-10
High

CVE-2023-30691

Parcel mismatch in AuthenticationConfig prior to SMR Aug-2023 Release 1 allows local attacker to privilege escalation.

2023-08-09
Critical

CVE-2023-39004

Insecure permissions in the configuration directory (/conf/) of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allow attackers to access sensitive information (e.g., hashed…

High

CVE-2023-4239

The Real Estate Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 7.2 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rem_save_profile_front' function. This…

2023-08-08
High

CVE-2023-36899

ASP.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-38186

Windows Mobile Device Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-38176

Azure Arc-Enabled Servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-38175

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-38167

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-38154

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-36904

Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-36903

Windows System Assessment Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-36900

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-36876

Reliability Analysis Metrics Calculation (RacTask) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35387

Windows Bluetooth A2DP driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35386

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35382

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35380

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35379

Reliability Analysis Metrics Calculation Engine (RACEng) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35378

Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35359

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Critical

CVE-2023-21709

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2022-39062

A vulnerability has been identified in SICAM TOOLBOX II (All versions < V07.10). Affected applications do not properly set permissions for product folders. This could allow an authenticated attacker…

High

CVE-2023-4009

In MongoDB Ops Manager v5.0 prior to 5.0.22 and v6.0 prior to 6.0.17 it is possible for an authenticated user with project owner or project user admin access to generate an API key with the privilege…

2023-08-07
Medium

CVE-2023-39520

Cryptomator encrypts data being stored on cloud infrastructure. The MSI installer provided on the homepage for Cryptomator version 1.9.2 allows local privilege escalation for low privileged users, vi…

2023-08-04
Medium

CVE-2023-4140

The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 7.9.8 due to insufficient restriction on the 'get_header_values' function. Th…

Medium

CVE-2023-38708

Pimcore is an Open Source Data & Experience Management Platform: PIM, MDM, CDP, DAM, DXP/CMS & Digital Commerce. A path traversal vulnerability exists in the `AssetController::importServerFilesAction…

2023-08-01
High

CVE-2023-31425

A vulnerability in the fosexec command of Brocade Fabric OS after Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.0 and, before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1 could allow a local authenticated user to perform privilege escalation…

2023-07-27
High

CVE-2023-38565

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may…

2023-07-26
High

CVE-2023-28130

Local user may lead to privilege escalation using Gaia Portal hostnames page.

High

CVE-2023-32629

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubuntu Kernels overlayfs ovl_copy_up_meta_inode_data skip permission checks when calling ovl_do_setxattr on Ubuntu kernels

2023-07-25
High

CVE-2023-37907

Cryptomator is data encryption software for users who store their files in the cloud. Prior to version 1.9.2, the MSI installer provided on the homepage allows local privilege escalation (LPE) for lo…

Critical

CVE-2023-32232

An issue was discovered in Vasion PrinterLogic Client for Windows before 25.0.0.836. During client installation and repair, a PrinterLogic binary is called by the installer to configure the device. T…

2023-07-24
High

CVE-2023-26078

Privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Atera Agent 1.8.4.4 and prior on Windows due to mishandling of privileged APIs.

2023-07-23
High

CVE-2023-28133

Local privilege escalation in Check Point Endpoint Security Client (version E87.30) via crafted OpenSSL configuration file

2023-07-21
High

CVE-2023-3776

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If tcf_change_indev() fails, fw_set_parms() will immediately…

High

CVE-2023-3611

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The qfq_change_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c a…

High

CVE-2023-3610

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Flaw in the error handling of bound chains causes a use-af…

High

CVE-2023-3609

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If tcf_change_indev() fails, u32_set_parms() will immediatel…

Medium

CVE-2023-38187

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Critical

CVE-2023-26301

Certain HP LaserJet Pro print products are potentially vulnerable to an Elevation of Privilege and/or Information Disclosure related to a lack of authentication with certain endpoints.

2023-07-19
High

CVE-2023-34394

In Keysight Geolocation Server v2.4.2 and prior, an attacker could upload a specially crafted malicious file or delete any file or directory with SYSTEM privileges due to an improper path validation,…

High

CVE-2023-3467

Privilege Escalation to root administrator (nsroot)

Critical

CVE-2023-30799

MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-adm…

2023-07-18
High

CVE-2023-3714

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'edit_group' handler in versions up to, and including, 5.5.2. This mak…

High

CVE-2023-3713

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'profile_magic_check_smtp_connection' function in versions up to, and…

2023-07-16
High

CVE-2023-30989

IBM Performance Tools for i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges…

High

CVE-2023-30988

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elev…

2023-07-14
High

CVE-2023-3514

Improper Privilege Control in RazerCentralSerivce Named Pipe in Razer RazerCentral <=7.11.0.558 on Windows allows a malicious actor with local access to gain SYSTEM privilege via communicating with t…

High

CVE-2023-3513

Improper Privilege Control in RazerCentralSerivce Named Pipe in Razer RazerCentral <=7.11.0.558 on Windows allows a malicious actor with local access to gain SYSTEM privilege via communicating with t…

2023-07-13
Critical

CVE-2023-20918

In getPendingIntentLaunchFlags of ActivityOptions.java, there is a possible elevation of privilege due to a confused deputy with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not nee…

2023-07-12
Critical

CVE-2023-30429

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Pulsar. This issue affects Apache Pulsar: before 2.10.4, and 2.11.0. When a client connects to the Pulsar Function Worker…

Medium

CVE-2023-3106

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in netlink_dump. This issue can occur when the Netlink socket receives the message(sendmsg) for the XFRM_MSG_GETSA, XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY type message,…

High

CVE-2023-29414

A CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerability exists that could cause user privilege escalation if a local user sends specific string input to a local…

2023-07-11
High

CVE-2023-36874

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35364

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35363

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35362

Windows Clip Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35361

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35360

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35358

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35357

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35356

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35353

Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35347

Microsoft Install Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35342

Windows Image Acquisition Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35340

Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-35337

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability