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CWE-269 · weakness in Access Control

Improper Privilege Management

3,429 CVEs · 20 exploited

Every dot is a CVE; the named ones are the most at risk. Red is exploited in the wild.

exploited in the wild
20
check available
23
likely to be exploited
36

Every one of the 3,429 is a mark on the map. Named now: 1 to 26, most at risk first.

  1. Intel Active Management - Authentication BypassCVE-2017-5689Intel Corporation · CVSS 9.8 · 92% likely

    Intel Corporation

  2. SonicWall Email Security <= 10.0.9.x - Unauthenticated Admin Account CreationCVE-2021-20021SonicWall · CVSS 9.8 · 89% likely

    SonicWall

  3. The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, whi…CVE-2016-0151Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 63% likely

    Microsoft

  4. An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing the apache user to run arbitrary commands as roo…CVE-2020-8655EyesOfNetwork · CVSS 7.8 · 60% likely

    EyesOfNetwork

  5. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creation, aka 'Windows UPnP Service Elevation o…CVE-2019-1405Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 30% likely

    Microsoft

  6. 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…CVE-2019-1215Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 19% likely

    Microsoft

  7. Local privilege escalation in Zammad v1.5.0 to v7.2.2 installed via DEB or RPM packageCVE-2026-102490Zammad GmbH · CVSS 8.5 · 11% likelycovered by CyberSIXT

    Zammad9 articles

  8. The Firefox sandbox in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.6.602.171 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.2.202.273 on Linux, do…CVE-2013-0643Adobe · CVSS 8.8 · 11% likely

    Adobe

  9. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Certificate Dialog when it does not properly enforce user privileges, aka 'Windows Certificate Dialog Elevation of Pr…CVE-2019-1388Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 8.6% likely

    Microsoft

  10. MinIO is vulnerable to privilege escalation on Linux/MacOSCVE-2023-28434minio · CVSS 8.8 · 7.9% likely

    MinIO

  11. VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a privilege escala…CVE-2020-3950VMware · CVSS 7.8 · 7.3% likely

    VMware

  12. Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCVE-2024-38014Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 6.3% likely

    Microsoft

  13. smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator…CVE-2002-0367Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 4.9% likely

    Microsoft

  14. Windows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCVE-2026-21533Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 4.3% likelycovered by CyberSIXT

    Microsoft

  15. Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCVE-2024-26169Microsoft · CVSS 7.8 · 4.0% likely

    Microsoft

  16. Privilege escalation to NetworkService Account accessCVE-2024-8068Citrix · CVSS 5.1 · 3.5% likely

    Citrix (NetScaler)

  17. Improper access control in clipboard service in Samsung mobile devices prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 allows untrusted applications to read or write certain local files.CVE-2021-25337Samsung Mobile · CVSS 4.4 · 2.8% likely

    Samsung

  18. In onCreate of WindowState.java, there is a possible way to launch a background activity due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no…CVE-2023-35674Google · CVSS 8.8 · 2.6% likely

    Google

  19. Partner.Microsoft.Com Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCVE-2024-49035Microsoft · CVSS 8.7 · 1.4% likely

    Microsoft

  20. McAfee Total Protection (MTP) privilege escalation vulnerabilityCVE-2021-23874McAfee,LLC · CVSS 8.2 · 1.1% likely

    McAfee

  21. Apache CouchDB 1.7.0 / 2.x < 2.1.1 - Remote Privilege EscalationCVE-2017-12635Apache Software Foundation · 100% likely

    Apache

  22. Open Web Analytics 1.7.3 - Remote Code ExecutionCVE-2022-2463799% likely
  23. MasterStudy LMS <2.7.6 - Improper Access ControlCVE-2022-0441MasterStudy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin · 85% likely
  24. Apache Airflow - Unauthenticated Variable ImportCVE-2021-38540Apache Software Foundation · 81% likely

    Apache

  25. rConfig 3.9 - Authentication Bypass(Admin Login)CVE-2020-1363877% likely
  26. Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege EscalationCVE-2023-3460Ultimate Member · 72% likely

exploited in the wildcheck availableringed, named or not: CyberSIXT has reported on it

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Data as of 2026-11-14. CVE List through 2026-11-14 · EPSS of 2026-11-13 · CISA KEV checked 2026-11-14. Sources: the CVE List, CISA KEV, EPSS, NVD, nuclei templates and public bug bounty data.

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