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.

CVEs tagged with this topic. Filters apply to the whole list (loaded from JSON).

CVSS ≥ 0.0
2023-03-22
High

CVE-2023-25069

TXOne StellarOne has an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability in every version before V2.0.1160 that could allow a malicious, falsely authenticated user to escalate his privilege…

2023-03-16
High

CVE-2023-22883

Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain d…

2023-03-14
High

CVE-2023-28339

OpenDoas through 6.8.2, when TIOCSTI is available, allows privilege escalation because of sharing a terminal with the original session. NOTE: TIOCSTI is unavailable in OpenBSD 6.0 and later, and can…

High

CVE-2023-28144

KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

High

CVE-2023-24930

Microsoft OneDrive for MacOS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-24910

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-24864

Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-24861

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23423

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23422

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23421

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23420

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23419

Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23418

Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23417

Windows Partition Management Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23412

Windows Accounts Picture Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23410

Windows HTTP.sys Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Critical

CVE-2023-23397

Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23393

Windows BrokerInfrastructure Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium

CVE-2023-23389

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23388

Windows Bluetooth Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23385

Windows Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

2023-03-10
High

CVE-2023-25148

A security agent link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One could allow a local attacker to exploit the vulnerability by changing a specific file into a pseudo-symlink, allowing privilege e…

2023-03-08
High

CVE-2023-22891

There exists a privilege escalation vulnerability in SmartBear Zephyr Enterprise through 7.15.0 that could be exploited by authorized users to reset passwords for other accounts.

2023-03-07
High

CVE-2021-4331

The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 4.1.9 (pro) and 2.0.6 (free). The plugin adds a registration form to the Elem…

2023-03-06
Critical

CVE-2022-45141

Since the Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft on Nov 8 2022 and per RFC8429 it is assumed that rc4-hmac is weak, Vulnerable Samba Active Director…

Medium

CVE-2023-26600

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus through 14104, ServiceDesk Plus MSP through 14000, Support Center Plus through 14000, and Asset Explorer through 6987 allow privilege escalation via query reports.

Low

CVE-2023-23939

Azure/setup-kubectl is a GitHub Action for installing Kubectl. This vulnerability only impacts versions before version 3. An insecure temporary creation of a file allows other actors on the Actions r…

2023-03-03
High

CVE-2023-26604

systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the "systemctl status" command may be executed. Specifical…

2023-03-02
Medium

CVE-2023-22462

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. On 2023-01-01 during an internal audit of Grafana, a member of the security team found a stored XSS vulnerability affecting the co…

2023-03-01
High

CVE-2023-0594

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Starting with the 7.0 branch, Grafana had a stored XSS vulnerability in the trace view visualization. The stored XSS vulnerabi…

High

CVE-2023-0507

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Starting with the 8.1 branch, Grafana had a stored XSS vulnerability affecting the core plugin GeoMap. The stored XSS vulnerab…

High

CVE-2022-27677

Failure to validate privileges during installation of AMD Ryzen™ Master may allow an attacker with low privileges to modify files potentially leading to privilege escalation and code execution by the…

2023-02-28
High

CVE-2023-0461

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. To reach the vulnerability kernel configuration flag CONFIG_TLS or CONFIG_XFR…

2023-02-27
High

CVE-2023-23497

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

High

CVE-2022-42797

An injection issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Xcode 14.1. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

2023-02-23
High

CVE-2023-23918

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions (https://nodejs.org/api/permissions.html)…

Medium

CVE-2023-25621

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Sling. Any content author is able to create i18n dictionaries in the repository in a location the author has write access to. A…

High

CVE-2023-26462

ThingsBoard 3.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges because hard-coded service credentials (usable for privilege escalation) are stored in an insecure format. (To read this st…

High

CVE-2022-48341

ThingsBoard 3.4.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to achieve Vertical Privilege Escalation. A Tenant Administrator can obtain System Administrator dashboard access by modifying the scope…

2023-02-21
High

CVE-2023-24575

Dell Multifunction Printer E525w Driver and Software Suite, versions prior to 1.047.2022, A05, contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to comprom…

2023-02-17
High

CVE-2022-32972

Infoblox BloxOne Endpoint for Windows through 2.2.7 allows DLL injection that can result in local privilege escalation.

2023-02-14
High

CVE-2023-21566

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23379

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-23376

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21822

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21817

Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21812

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21804

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21800

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21777

Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium

CVE-2023-21721

Microsoft OneNote Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21717

Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21688

NT OS Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-25149

TimescaleDB, an open-source time-series SQL database, has a privilege escalation vulnerability in versions 2.8.0 through 2.9.2. During installation, TimescaleDB creates a telemetry job that is runs a…

2023-02-13
High

CVE-2022-45455

Local privilege escalation due to incomplete uninstallation cleanup. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40107, Acronis Agent (Windows) befor…

2023-02-11
Medium

CVE-2022-34450

PowerPath Management Appliance with version 3.3 contains Privilege Escalation vulnerability. An authenticated admin user could potentially exploit this issue and gain unrestricted control/code execut…

Medium

CVE-2022-34387

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (version 3.11.4 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (version 3.2.0 and prior) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious…

High

CVE-2022-34384

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer (version 3.11.1 and prior), SupportAssist Client Commercial (version 3.2 and prior), Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update versions before 4.5 co…

2023-02-09
High

CVE-2022-48286

The multi-screen collaboration module has a privilege escalation vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

2023-02-08
High

CVE-2023-25396

Privilege escalation in the MSI repair functionality in Caphyon Advanced Installer 20.0 and below allows attackers to access and manipulate system files.

2023-02-06
High

CVE-2022-48019

The components wfshbr64.sys and wfshbr32.sys in Another Eden before v3.0.20 and before v2.14.200 allows attackers to perform privilege escalation via a crafted payload.

2023-02-01
High

CVE-2022-23455

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Support Assistant. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, compromise of integrity, allowed communication with untrusted clie…

High

CVE-2022-23454

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Support Assistant. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, compromise of integrity, allowed communication with untrusted clie…

High

CVE-2022-23453

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Support Assistant. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, compromise of integrity, allowed communication with untrusted clie…

High

CVE-2022-42973

A CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause local privilege escalation when local attacker connects to the database. Affected Products: APC Easy UPS Online Monitori…

High

CVE-2022-42972

A CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability exists that could cause local privilege escalation when a local attacker modifies the webroot directory. Affected Produc…

High

CVE-2023-0524

As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment v…

Medium

CVE-2023-23928

reason-jose is a JOSE implementation in ReasonML and OCaml.`Jose.Jws.validate` does not check HS256 signatures. This allows tampering of JWS header and payload data if the service does not perform ad…

2023-01-31
Critical

CVE-2022-45172

An issue was discovered in LIVEBOX Collaboration vDesk before v018. Broken Access Control can occur under the /api/v1/registration/validateEmail endpoint, the /api/v1/vdeskintegration/user/adduser en…

High

CVE-2022-4441

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation. This issue affects Hitachi Storage Plug-in…

Medium

CVE-2022-4041

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation. This issue affects Hitachi Storage Plug-in…

2023-01-30
High

CVE-2023-0240

There is a logic error in io_uring's implementation which can be used to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability leading to privilege escalation. In the io_prep_async_work function the assumption tha…

2023-01-27
High

CVE-2022-23552

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Starting with the 8.1 branch and prior to versions 8.5.16, 9.2.10, and 9.3.4, Grafana had a stored XSS vulnerability affecting the…

Medium

CVE-2022-47632

Razer Synapse before 3.7.0830.081906 allows privilege escalation due to an unsafe installation path, improper privilege management, and improper certificate validation. Attackers can place malicious…

2023-01-26
High

CVE-2022-45770

Improper input validation in adgnetworkwfpdrv.sys in Adguard For Windows x86 through 7.11 allows local privilege escalation.

High

CVE-2023-0444

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Delta Electronics InfraSuite Device Master 00.00.02a. A default user 'User', which is in the 'Read Only User' group, can view the password of another de…

High

CVE-2022-43997

Incorrect access control in Aternity agent in Riverbed Aternity before 12.1.4.27 allows for local privilege escalation. There is an insufficiently protected handle to the A180AG.exe SYSTEM process wi…

High

CVE-2020-36657

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the uptimed user account) to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there i…

High

CVE-2018-25078

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can s…

2023-01-24
High

CVE-2023-21796

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21795

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

2023-01-20
High

CVE-2023-22726

act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. The artifact server that stores artifacts from Github Action runs does not sanitize path inputs. This allows an attacker to download…

High

CVE-2023-0101

A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to…

High

CVE-2022-25631

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3 RU6 (14.3.9210.6000), may be susceptible to a Elevation of Privilege vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise…

2023-01-19
Medium

CVE-2022-47197

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascrip…

Medium

CVE-2022-47196

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascrip…

Medium

CVE-2022-47195

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascrip…

Medium

CVE-2022-47194

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascrip…

2023-01-18
High

CVE-2023-21612

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permission…

High

CVE-2023-21611

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permission…

High

CVE-2023-22809

In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to app…

High

CVE-2022-34457

Dell command configuration, version 4.8 and prior, contains improper folder permission when installed not to default path but to non-secured path which leads to privilege escalation. This is critical…

2023-01-17
High

CVE-2022-3650

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Ceph. Ceph-crash.service allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root in the form of a crash dump, and dump privileged information.

2023-01-12
Medium

CVE-2022-46367

Rumpus - FTP server Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) – Privilege escalation vulnerability that may allow privilege escalation.

Medium

CVE-2022-39182

H C Mingham-Smith Ltd - Tardis 2000 Privilege escalation.Version 1.6 is vulnerable to privilege escalation which may allow a malicious actor to gain system privileges.

2023-01-11
High

CVE-2022-4428

support_uri parameter in the WARP client local settings file (mdm.xml) lacked proper validation which allowed for privilege escalation and launching an arbitrary executable on the local machine upon…

2023-01-10
High

CVE-2023-21774

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21773

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21772

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21771

Windows Local Session Manager (LSM) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21768

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21767

Windows Overlay Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21765

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21764

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21763

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21760

Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21755

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21754

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21752

Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21750

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21749

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21748

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21747

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21746

Windows NTLM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21739

Windows Bluetooth Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21733

Windows Bind Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21730

Microsoft Cryptographic Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2023-21726

Windows Credential Manager User Interface Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium

CVE-2023-21725

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability