About “Privilege Escalation”

A curated feed of “Privilege Escalation”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 7822 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
2019-11-04
High

CVE-2019-18683

An issue was discovered in drivers/media/platform/vivid in the Linux kernel through 5.3.8. It is exploitable for privilege escalation on some Linux distributions where local users have /dev/video0 ac…

2019-10-31
High

CVE-2019-18368

In JetBrains Toolbox App before 1.15.5666 for Windows, privilege escalation was possible.

Medium

CVE-2019-18361

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2019.2 allows local user privilege escalation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Medium

CVE-2019-18424

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing attackers to gain host OS privileges via DMA in a situation where an untrusted domain has access to a physical device. This occurs because passe…

High

CVE-2019-18422

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by leveraging the erroneous enabling of interrupts. Interrupts are unconditio…

2019-10-29
Medium

CVE-2019-9758

An issue was discovered in LabKey Server 19.1.0. The display name of a user is vulnerable to stored XSS that can execute on administrators from security/permissions.view, security/addUsers.view, or w…

2019-10-24
Medium

CVE-2019-8080

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.4 and 6.3 have a stored cross site scripting vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

High

CVE-2019-5013

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the start/stopLaunchDProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied string…

High

CVE-2019-5012

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the startProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument an…

High

CVE-2019-18409

The ruby_parser-legacy (aka legacy) gem 1.0.0 for Ruby allows local privilege escalation because of world-writable files. For example, if the brakeman gem (which has a legacy dependency) 4.5.0 throug…

2019-10-23
Critical

CVE-2019-8236

Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 4.6.1 and earlier versions have Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Privilege Escalation in the context of the current user.

2019-10-17
Critical

CVE-2019-8071

Adobe Download Manager versions 2.0.0.363 have an insecure file permissions vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

2019-10-16
High

CVE-2019-17436

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in GlobalProtect Agent for Linux and Mac OS X version 5.0.4 and earlier and version 4.1.12 and earlier, that can allow non-root users to overwrite ro…

Medium

CVE-2019-17435

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in the GlobalProtect Agent for Windows 5.0.3 and earlier, and GlobalProtect Agent for Windows 4.1.12 and earlier, in which the auto-update feature ca…

High

CVE-2019-4031

IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, and 9.5 contains a vulnerability that could allow a local user to write files as root in the file system, which could allow the attacker to gain root…

2019-10-14
High

CVE-2019-9745

CloudCTI HIP Integrator Recognition Configuration Tool allows privilege escalation via its EXQUISE integration. This tool communicates with a service (Recognition Update Client Service) via an insecu…

2019-10-11
High

CVE-2019-2215

A use-after-free in binder.c allows an elevation of privilege from an application to the Linux Kernel. No user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability, however exploitation does require…

2019-10-10
High

CVE-2019-1378

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 Update Assistant in the way it handles permissions.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileg…

Critical

CVE-2019-1365

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft IIS Server fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability…

High

CVE-2019-1364

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE I…

High

CVE-2019-1362

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE I…

High

CVE-2019-1342

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Thi…

High

CVE-2019-1341

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when umpo.dll of the Power Service, improperly handles a Registry Restore Key function, aka 'Windows Power Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1340

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows AppX Deployment Server that allows file creation in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on…

High

CVE-2019-1339

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE…

High

CVE-2019-1336

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Update Client when it does not properly handle privileges, aka 'Microsoft Windows Update Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerab…

Medium

CVE-2019-1330

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1329.

Medium

CVE-2019-1329

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint…

Medium

CVE-2019-1325

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows redirected drive buffering system (rdbss.sys) when the operating system improperly handles specific local calls within Windows 7 for 32-b…

High

CVE-2019-1323

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Update Client when it does not properly handle privileges, aka 'Microsoft Windows Update Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerab…

High

CVE-2019-1322

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests, aka 'Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-20…

High

CVE-2019-1321

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows CloudStore improperly handles file Discretionary Access Control List (DACL), aka 'Microsoft Windows CloudStore Elevation of Privilege Vulne…

High

CVE-2019-1320

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests, aka 'Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-20…

High

CVE-2019-1319

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1316

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Setup when it does not properly handle privileges, aka 'Microsoft Windows Setup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1315

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE…

2019-10-09
Medium

CVE-2019-17109

Koji through 1.18.0 allows remote Directory Traversal, with resultant Privilege Escalation.

High

CVE-2019-15719

Altair PBS Professional through 19.1.2 allows Privilege Escalation because an attacker can send a message directly to pbs_mom, which fails to properly authenticate the message. This results in code e…

2019-10-04
High

CVE-2019-17180

Valve Steam Client before 2019-09-12 allows placing or appending partially controlled filesystem content, as demonstrated by file modifications on Windows in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This…

2019-10-03
High

CVE-2019-4422

IBM Security Guardium 9.0, 9.5, and 10.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation which could allow an authenticated user to change the accessmgr password. IBM X-Force ID: 162768.

2019-10-02
Critical

CVE-2019-14454

SuiteCRM 7.11.x and 7.10.x before 7.11.8 and 7.10.20 is vulnerable to vertical privilege escalation.

2019-09-27
Medium

CVE-2019-16687

Dolibarr 9.0.5 has stored XSS in a User Profile in a Signature section to card.php. A user with the "Create/modify other users, groups and permissions" privilege can inject script and can also achiev…

Medium

CVE-2019-16685

Dolibarr 9.0.5 has stored XSS vulnerability via a User Group Description section to card.php. A user with the "Create/modify other users, groups and permissions" privilege can inject script and can a…

High

CVE-2019-9350

In Keymaster, there is a possible EoP due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for expl…

High

CVE-2019-11753

The Firefox installer allows Firefox to be installed to a custom user writable location, leaving it unprotected from manipulation by unprivileged users or malware. If the Mozilla Maintenance Service…

High

CVE-2019-11736

The Mozilla Maintenance Service does not guard against files being hardlinked to another file in the updates directory, allowing for the replacement of local files, including the Maintenance Service…

2019-09-24
High

CVE-2019-13356

In Total Defense Anti-virus 9.0.0.773, insecure access control for the directory %PROGRAMDATA%\TotalDefense\Consumer\ISS\9\bd\TDUpdate2\ used by AMRT.exe allows local attackers to hijack bdcore.dll,…

High

CVE-2019-13355

In Total Defense Anti-virus 9.0.0.773, insecure access control for the directory %PROGRAMDATA%\TotalDefense\Consumer\ISS\9\ used by ccschedulersvc.exe allows local attackers to hijack dotnetproxy.exe…

2019-09-21
Medium

CVE-2019-16681

The Traveloka application 3.14.0 for Android exports com.traveloka.android.activity.common.WebViewActivity, leading to the opening of arbitrary URLs, which can inject deceptive content into the UI. (…

2019-09-20
Medium

CVE-2019-6145

Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions lower than 6.6.1 have an unquoted search path vulnerability. This enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM user. By default, only local administrators c…

Medium

CVE-2016-11011

The wp-invoice plugin before 4.1.1 for WordPress has wpi_update_user_option privilege escalation.

High

CVE-2016-11004

The Elegant Themes Monarch plugin before 1.2.7 for WordPress has privilege escalation.

High

CVE-2016-11003

The Elegant Themes Bloom plugin before 1.1.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation.

High

CVE-2016-11002

The Elegant Themes Extra theme before 1.2.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation.

Medium

CVE-2015-9390

The admin-management-xtended plugin before 2.4.0.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation because wp_ajax functions are mishandled.

2019-09-16
Critical

CVE-2019-15741

An issue was discovered in GitLab Omnibus 7.4 through 12.2.1. An unsafe interaction with logrotate could result in a privilege escalation

High

CVE-2016-10968

The peepso-core plugin before 1.6.1 for WordPress has PeepSoProfilePreferencesAjax->save() privilege escalation.

2019-09-14
Critical

CVE-2019-16303

A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This a…

2019-09-11
High

CVE-2019-1303

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Server improperly handles junctions.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on th…

High

CVE-2019-1302

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when a ASP.NET Core web application, created using vulnerable project templates, fails to properly sanitize web requests, aka 'ASP.NET Core Elevation Of…

Medium

CVE-2019-1289

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Update Delivery Optimization does not properly enforce file share permissions, aka 'Windows Update Delivery Optimization Elevation of P…

High

CVE-2019-1287

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Network Connectivity Assistant handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Network Connectivity Assistant Elevation of Privilege…

High

CVE-2019-1285

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is uniqu…

High

CVE-2019-1284

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1278

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the unistore.dll handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1215…

High

CVE-2019-1277

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Audio Service when a malformed parameter is processed, aka 'Windows Audio Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1272

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC).An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitr…

High

CVE-2019-1271

An elevation of privilege exists in hdAudio.sys which may lead to an out of band write, aka 'Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Medium

CVE-2019-1270

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, aka 'Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privil…

High

CVE-2019-1269

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC).An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitr…

High

CVE-2019-1268

An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information, aka 'Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1267

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser where a configuration file, with local privileges, is vulnerable to symbolic link and hard link attacks, aka 'Micro…

Medium

CVE-2019-1260

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

High

CVE-2019-1256

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is uniqu…

High

CVE-2019-1253

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Server improperly handles junctions.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on th…

High

CVE-2019-1235

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Text Service Framework (TSF) when the TSF server process does not validate the source of input or commands it receives, aka 'Windows Text Ser…

High

CVE-2019-1232

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Ele…

High

CVE-2019-1215

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that ws2ifsl.sys (Winsock) handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019…

High

CVE-2019-1214

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Priv…

Medium

CVE-2019-1142

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR) allows file creation in arbitrary locations, aka '.NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabil…

High

CVE-2019-16098

The driver in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658 (aka RTCore64.sys and RTCore32.sys) allows any authenticated user to read and write to arbitrary memory, I/O ports, and MSRs. This can be exploite…

2019-09-10
Critical

CVE-2019-15896

An issue was discovered in the LifterLMS plugin through 3.34.5 for WordPress. The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulner…

Medium

CVE-2019-16202

MISP before 2.4.115 allows privilege escalation in certain situations. After updating to 2.4.115, escalation attempts are blocked by the __checkLoggedActions function with a "This could be an indicat…

2019-09-08
High

CVE-2019-16103

Silver Peak EdgeConnect SD-WAN before 8.1.7.x allows privilege escalation (by administrators) from the menu to a root Bash OS shell via the spsshell feature.

2019-09-05
High

CVE-2019-15953

An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. An authenticated user with limited privileges can get access to a resource that they do not own by calling the associated API. The product correctly ma…

2019-09-04
Critical

CVE-2019-10709

AsusPTPFilter.sys on Asus Precision TouchPad 11.0.0.25 hardware has a Pool Overflow associated with the \\.\AsusTP device, leading to a DoS or potentially privilege escalation via a crafted DeviceIoC…

2019-08-29
High

CVE-2019-8461

Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows before version E81.30 tries to load a DLL placed in any PATH location on a clean image without Endpoint Client installed. An attacker can leve…

2019-08-28
High

CVE-2019-15720

CloudBerry Backup v6.1.2.34 allows local privilege escalation via a Pre or Post backup action. With only user-level access, a user can modify the backup plan and add a Pre backup action script that e…

2019-08-27
Critical

CVE-2016-10935

The woocommerce-exporter plugin before 1.8.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation.

2019-08-23
Medium

CVE-2019-13013

Little Snitch versions 4.3.0 to 4.3.2 have a local privilege escalation vulnerability in their privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface which is available to any…

2019-08-22
Critical

CVE-2016-10923

The woocommerce-store-toolkit plugin before 1.5.8 for WordPress has privilege escalation.

Critical

CVE-2016-10922

The woocommerce-store-toolkit plugin before 1.5.7 for WordPress has privilege escalation.

Critical

CVE-2018-20979

The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.

2019-08-21
Critical

CVE-2019-6177

A vulnerability reported in Lenovo Solution Center version 03.12.003, which is no longer supported, could allow log files to be written to non-standard locations, potentially leading to privilege esc…

High

CVE-2019-15316

Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-20 has weak folder permissions, leading to privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) via crafted use of CreateMountPoint.exe and SetOpLock.exe to le…

High

CVE-2019-15315

Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-16 allows privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) because local users can replace the current versions of SteamService.exe and SteamService.dll wi…

High

CVE-2019-14685

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious ser…

High

CVE-2019-1634

A vulnerability in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that…

High

CVE-2019-14257

pyraw in Zenoss 2.5.3 allows local privilege escalation by modifying environment variables to redirect execution before privileges are dropped, aka ZEN-31765.

Critical

CVE-2019-15111

The wp-front-end-profile plugin before 0.2.2 for WordPress has a privilege escalation issue.

2019-08-20
High

CVE-2018-1796

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user to load malicious libraries and gain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 149426.

Medium

CVE-2018-1634

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in infos.DBSERVER…

Medium

CVE-2018-1633

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in onsrvapd. IBM…

Medium

CVE-2018-1632

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in .infxdirs. IBM…

Medium

CVE-2018-1631

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in oninit mongoha…

Medium

CVE-2018-1630

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user to gain root privileges through a symbolic link vulnerability in onmode. IBM X-…

High

CVE-2019-12889

An unauthenticated privilege escalation exists in SailPoint Desktop Password Reset 7.2. A user with local access to only the Windows logon screen can escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\System.…

High

CVE-2019-15239

In the Linux kernel, a certain net/ipv4/tcp_output.c change, which was properly incorporated into 4.16.12, was incorrectly backported to the earlier longterm kernels, introducing a new vulnerability…

2019-08-19
High

CVE-2019-6165

A DLL search path vulnerability was reported in PaperDisplay Hotkey Service version 1.2.0.8 that could allow privilege escalation. Lenovo has ended support for PaperDisplay Hotkey software as the Nig…

2019-08-17
High

CVE-2019-13069

extenua SilverSHielD 6.x fails to secure its ProgramData folder, leading to a Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM. The attacker must replace SilverShield.config.sqlite with a version containing an a…

2019-08-16
Critical

CVE-2019-7958

Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.6.1 and earlier have an insecure inherited permissions vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

2019-08-14
High

CVE-2019-1258

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Azure Active Directory Authentication Library On-Behalf-Of flow, in the way the library caches tokens. This vulnerability allows an authenticated att…

High

CVE-2019-1229

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Dynamics On-Premise v9. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could leverage a customizer privilege within Dynamics to gain contro…

High

CVE-2019-1211

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in t…

Medium

CVE-2019-1204

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook initiates processing of incoming messages without sufficient validation of the formatting of the messages. An attacker who succes…

Medium

CVE-2019-1198

An elevation of privilege exists in SyncController.dll. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. To exploit the vulnerability, an at…

High

CVE-2019-1190

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with ele…

High

CVE-2019-1186

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the wcmsvc.dll handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated perm…

High

CVE-2019-1185

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated perm…

Medium

CVE-2019-1184

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Core Shell COM Server Registrar improperly handles COM calls. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially s…