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CWE-250 (带着不必要的权限执行) — Vulnerability Class 236

236 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-250 (带着不必要的权限执行). AI Chinese analysis included.

CWE-250 represents a critical architectural weakness where software executes operations using elevated privileges beyond what is strictly necessary for the task. This misconfiguration typically allows attackers to exploit other vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows or injection flaws, by granting them higher-level access than intended. If an attacker compromises a low-privilege component, the excessive permissions amplify the impact, potentially leading to full system compromise or unauthorized data modification. To mitigate this risk, developers must adhere to the principle of least privilege, ensuring that each process or user account operates with only the minimum permissions required for its specific function. Implementing strict access controls, regularly auditing permission assignments, and isolating services further reduce the attack surface, thereby limiting the potential damage from any single security breach.

MITRE CWE Description
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.
Common Consequences (1)
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Access ControlGain Privileges or Assume Identity, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands, Read Application Data, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
An attacker will be able to gain access to any resources that are allowed by the extra privileges. Common results include executing code, disabling services, and reading restricted data. New weaknesses can be exposed because running with extra privileges, such as root or Administrator, can disable t…
Mitigations (5)
Architecture and Design, OperationRun 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 ad…
Architecture and DesignIdentify 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 …
Architecture and DesignIdentify 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 …
ImplementationPerform extensive input validation for any privileged code that must be exposed to the user and reject anything that does not fit your strict requirements.
ImplementationWhen 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.
Examples (2)
This code temporarily raises the program's privileges to allow creation of a new user folder.
def makeNewUserDir(username): if invalidUsername(username): #avoid CWE-22 and CWE-78 print('Usernames cannot contain invalid characters') return False try: raisePrivileges() os.mkdir('/home/' + username) lowerPrivileges() except OSError: print('Unable to create new user directory for user:' + username) return False return True
Bad · Python
The following code calls chroot() to restrict the application to a subset of the filesystem below APP_HOME in order to prevent an attacker from using the program to gain unauthorized access to files located elsewhere. The code then opens a file specified by the user and processes the contents of the file.
chroot(APP_HOME); chdir("/"); FILE* data = fopen(argv[1], "r+"); ...
Bad · C
CVE IDTitleCVSSSeverityPublished
CVE-2025-3364 HGiga PowerStation - Chroot Escape — PowerStation 6.7 Medium2025-04-08
CVE-2024-11821 Privilege Escalation in langgenius/dify — langgenius/dify 5.7 -2025-03-20
CVE-2024-48013 Dell SmartFabric OS10 安全漏洞 — SmartFabric OS10 Software 8.8 High2025-03-17
CVE-2024-2240 Docker implementation in Brocade SANnav is missing Audit Rules. — Brocade SANnav 8.8 -2025-02-14
CVE-2024-7102 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab — GitLab 9.6 Critical2025-02-13
CVE-2024-8266 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in GitLab — GitLab 4.4 Medium2025-02-13
CVE-2024-12673 Lenovo Vantage 安全漏洞 — Vantage 7.8 High2025-02-12
CVE-2024-21924 AMD System Management Mode 安全漏洞 — AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors 8.2 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-22890 Humming Heads Defense Platform 安全漏洞 — Defense Platform Home Edition 7.8 -2025-02-06
CVE-2024-49814 IBM Security Verify Access Appliance Privilege Escalation — Security Verify Access Appliance 7.8 High2025-02-06
CVE-2025-20185 Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Cisco Secure Email 3.4 Low2025-02-05
CVE-2023-37412 IBM Aspera Faspex improper access control — Aspera Faspex 4.4 Medium2025-01-29
CVE-2025-24814 Apache Solr: Core-creation with "trusted" configset can use arbitrary untrusted files — Apache Solr 9.8 -2025-01-27
CVE-2024-47978 Dell NativeEdge 安全漏洞 — NativeEdge 7.8 High2024-12-25
CVE-2024-35141 IBM Security Verify Access privilege escalation — Security Verify Access Docker 7.8 High2024-12-19
CVE-2024-31891 IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation — Storage Scale 7.8 High2024-12-14
CVE-2024-28140 Violation of Least Privilege Principle — Scan2Net 9.8 -2024-12-11
CVE-2024-28139 Privilege escalation through sudo misconfiguration — Scan2Net 7.8 -2024-12-11
CVE-2024-49804 IBM Security Verify Access Appliance privilege escalation — Security Verify Access 7.8 High2024-11-29
CVE-2021-38118 Possible Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OpenText iManager — iManager 5.5 Medium2024-11-22
CVE-2024-52799 Argo Workflows Chart: Excessive Privileges in Workflow Role — argo-helm 8.3 High2024-11-21
CVE-2024-11075 SICK Incoming Goods Suite privilege escalation vulnerability — SICK Incoming Goods Suite 8.8 High2024-11-19
CVE-2020-26074 Cisco SD-WAN vManage Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 7.8 High2024-11-18
CVE-2024-8781 Container Escape Vulnerability in TR7's Application Security Platform (ASP) — Application Security Platform (ASP) 7.8AIHighAI2024-11-18
CVE-2024-51722 Vulnerabilities in SecuSUITE Server Components Impact SecuSUITE — SecuSUITE 6.4 Medium2024-11-12
CVE-2024-48837 Dell SmartFabric OS10 安全漏洞 — SmartFabric OS10 Software 7.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-47903 Siemens InterMesh 7177和Siemens InterMesh 7707 安全漏洞 — InterMesh 7177 Hybrid 2.0 Subscriber 5.8 Medium2024-10-23
CVE-2024-20420 Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter Firmware Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor (ATA) Software 5.4 Medium2024-10-16
CVE-2024-9473 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability — GlobalProtect App 7.8AIHighAI2024-10-09
CVE-2024-43583 Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2024-10-08

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-250 (带着不必要的权限执行) represent 236 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.