Weakness (CWE)
CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
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.
How to prevent it (7 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design, Operation
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.
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Architecture and Design
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.
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Architecture and Design
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.
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Implementation
Perform extensive input validation for any privileged code that must be exposed to the user and reject anything that does not fit your strict requirements.
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Implementation
When dropping privileges, ensure that they have been dropped successfully to avoid CWE-273. As protection mechanisms in the environment get stronger, privilege-dropping calls may fail even if it seems like they would always succeed.
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Implementation
If circumstances force you to run with extra privileges, then determine the minimum access level necessary. First identify the different permissions that the software and its users will need to perform their actions, such as file read and write permissions, network socket permissions, and so forth. Then explicitly allow those actions while denying all else [REF-76]. Perform extensive input validation and canonicalization to minimize the chances of introducing a separate vulnerability. This mitigation is much more prone to error than dropping the privileges in the first place.
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Operation, System Configuration
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.
Source: MITRE CWE-250
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High 8.8
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High 7.2
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High 8.5
Local Privilege Escalation in VPN Client
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High 7.3
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High 7.8
Vulnerabilities exists in IBM Netezza Performance Server Replication Services
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High 8.5
Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation
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High 8.6
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High 8.7
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High 7.0
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High 8.8CVE-2026-41900 Public exploit
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High 7.3
HP System Optimizer - Escalation of Privilege
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High 7.8
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: When an unsigned Python op script configuration is present, a local low privileged user can compromise the system
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High 7.7
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope
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High 7.8
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High 7.3
Local Privilege Escalation in NGFW Engine
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High 8.4
theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution
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High 7.7
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High 7.8
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High 8.4
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High 7.2
IBM Db2 Privilege Escalation
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High 7.1
Local Privilege Escalation in Local Admin Service
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High 8.8
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High 8.8
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High 7.7
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High 8.5
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High 8.4
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High 8.8
Improper Authorization in Nebim Neyir's Nebim V3 ERP
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High 7.8
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High 7.3
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High 7.4
IBM Db2 privilege escalation
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High 7.8
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High 7.3CVE-2025-43990 Public exploit
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High 7.8
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High 8.5
Nagios XI < 5.5.7 Privilege Escalation via MRTG Graphing Component
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High 8.5
Nagios XI < 5.7.3 Privilege escalation via Insecure getprofile.sh Script
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High 8.5
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High 7.2
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High 8.5
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High 7.8
F5OS Vulnerability
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