CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls, page 68
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Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
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McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 allows local users to disable the product by leveraging administrative privileges to execute an unspecified Metasploit Framework module.
- –CVE-2010-3499EPSS 2.6%
F-Secure Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this…
- –CVE-2010-3498EPSS 2.6%
AVG Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this prod…
- –CVE-2010-3497EPSS 2.9%
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011 does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detec…
- –CVE-2010-3496EPSS 4.4%
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and 8.7i does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is corr…
- –CVE-2009-5115EPSS 1.1%
McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.5.5 through 3.5.5.588 and 3.6.0 through 3.6.0.608, and McAfee Agent 4.0 before Patch 3, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files by accessing a report-writing ActiveX control COM…
- –CVE-2012-3447EPSS 1.9%
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only rea…
- –CVE-2012-2164EPSS 1.1%
The Web client in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x before 7.1.2.7 and 8.x before 8.0.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and use the Site Administration menu to modify system settings, via a parameter…
- –CVE-2012-2206ExploitEPSS 2.0%
The Web Gateway component in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read files of arbitrary users via vectors involving a username in a URI, as demonstrated by a modified metadata=fteS…
- –CVE-2012-3009EPSS 2.1%
Siemens COMOS before 9.1 Patch 413, 9.2 before Update 03 Patch 023, and 10.0 before Patch 005 allows remote authenticated users to obtain database administrative access via unspecified method calls.
- –CVE-2012-2770EPSS 1.4%
The Authen::ExternalAuth extension before 0.11 for Best Practical Solutions RT allows remote attackers to obtain a logged-in session via unspecified vectors related to the "URL of a RSS feed of the user."
- –CVE-2012-2081EPSS 1.6%
The Organic Groups (OG) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.3 for Drupal does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as private group titles via a request through the Views module.
- –CVE-2012-2073EPSS 1.8%
The Bundle copy module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.1 for Drupal does not check for the "use PHP for settings" permission while importing settings, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to execute arbitrary PHP code via …
- –CVE-2012-2304EPSS 2.1%
The Linkit module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.3 for Drupal, when using an entity access module, does not check permissions when searching for entities, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- –CVE-2012-3417EPSS 3.1%
The good_client function in rquotad (rquota_svc.c) in Linux DiskQuota (aka quota) before 3.17 invokes the hosts_ctl function the first time without a host name, which might allow remote attackers to bypass TCP Wrappers rules in hosts.deny.
- –CVE-2011-0523EPSS 0.5%
gypsy 0.8 does not properly restrict the files that can be read while running with root privileges, which allows local users to read otherwise restricted files via unspecified vectors.
- –CVE-2012-4248EPSS 3.5%
The Amazon Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 does not properly restrict access to the libkindleplugin.so NPAPI plugin interface, which might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1) dev.log, (2) lipc.set, …
- –CVE-2012-4069EPSS 1.2%
Dir2web 3.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database via a direct request for system/db/website.db.
- –CVE-2012-2969EPSS 3.5%
Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filename extensions for created files via a %00 sequence in a pathname within an HTTP request.
- –CVE-2012-4035ExploitEPSS 3.1%
The new_password page in PBBoard 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to change the password of arbitrary user accounts via the member_id and new_password parameters to index.php.
- –CVE-2012-3457EPSS 0.3%
PNP4Nagios 0.6 through 0.6.16 uses world-readable permissions for process_perfdata.cfg, which allows local users to obtain the Gearman shared secret by reading the file.
- –CVE-2012-2203EPSS 1.6%
IBM Global Security Kit (aka GSKit) before 8.0.14.22, as used in IBM Rational Directory Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and other products, uses the PKCS #12 file format for certificate objects without enforcing file integrity, which …
- –CVE-2011-5098EPSS 1.7%
chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended ac…
- –CVE-2011-5097EPSS 1.4%
chef-server-api/app/controllers/cookbooks.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.18, and 0.10.x before 0.10.2, does not require administrative privileges for the update and destroy methods, which allows remote authenticated users to (1) uplo…
- –CVE-2010-5142EPSS 1.6%
chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests t…
- –CVE-2012-3386EPSS 0.5%
The "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspeci…
- –CVE-2012-3454EPSS 0.3%
eXtplorer 2.1.0b6 uses world writable permissions for the /var/lib/extplorer/ftp_tmp directory, which allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files.
- –CVE-2012-3453EPSS 0.3%
logol 1.5.0 uses world writable permissions for the /var/lib/logol/results directory, which allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files.
- –CVE-2012-3452EPSS 0.3%
gnome-screensaver 3.4.x before 3.4.4 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when multiple screens are used, only locks the screen with the active focus, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended worksta…
- –CVE-2012-3449EPSS 0.3%
Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files.
- –CVE-2012-3867EPSS 2.5%
lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which m…
- –CVE-2012-3866EPSS 0.5%
lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the pu…
- –CVE-2012-2188EPSS 0.3%
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R3.5.0 before SP4, 7R7.1.0 and 7R7.2.0 before 7R7.2.0 SP3, and 7R7.3.0 before SP2, and Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) 6R7.3.0 before SP2, does not properly restrict the VIOS viosrvcm…
- –CVE-2010-5141EPSS 2.7%
wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.5 do not properly handle script opcodes in Bitcoin transactions, which allows remote attackers to spend bitcoins owned by other users via unspecified vectors.
- –CVE-2012-2848EPSS 0.9%
The drag-and-drop implementation in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended file access restrictions via a craft…
- –CVE-2012-3426EPSS 2.3%
OpenStack Keystone before 2012.1.1, as used in OpenStack Folsom before Folsom-1 and OpenStack Essex, does not properly implement token expiration, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions by (1)…
- –CVE-2012-2163EPSS 2.2%
IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) 1.1 through 1.3.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary Linux commands via the (1) Command Line Interface or (2) Graphical User Interface, related to a "code injectio…
- –CVE-2012-1969EPSS 1.6%
The get_attachment_link function in Template.pm in Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before 3.6.10, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.7, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, and 4.3.x before 4.3.2 does not check whether an attachment is private before presenting the…
- –CVE-2012-1968EPSS 1.5%
Bugzilla 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 and 4.3.x before 4.3.2 uses bug-editor privileges instead of bugmail-recipient privileges during construction of HTML bugmail documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive description in…
- –CVE-2012-3888EPSS 1.4%
The login implementation in AirDroid 1.0.4 beta allows remote attackers to bypass a multiple-login protection mechanism by modifying a pass value within JSON data.
- –CVE-2011-2658EPSS 2.7%
The ISList.ISAvi ActiveX control in AdminStudio in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.2, 10.3, and 11 SP1 provides access to the mscomct2.ocx file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging unspec…
- –CVE-2012-3698EPSS 1.1%
Apple Xcode before 4.4 does not properly compose a designated requirement (DR) during signing of programs that lack bundle identifiers, which allows remote attackers to read keychain entries via a crafted app, as demonstrated by the keycha…
- –CVE-2012-3697EPSS 1.8%
WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.0 does not properly handle file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and read arbitrary files by leveraging a WebProcess compromise.
- –CVE-2012-3690EPSS 0.9%
WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.0 does not properly handle drag-and-drop events, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted web site.
- –CVE-2012-2760ExploitEPSS 1.0%
mod_auth_openid before 0.7 for Apache uses world-readable permissions for /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db, which allows local users to obtain session ids.
- –CVE-2012-0680EPSS 2.0%
Apple Safari before 6.0 does not properly handle the autocomplete attribute of a password input element, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging an unattended workstation.
- –CVE-2012-0679EPSS 1.5%
Apple Safari before 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a feed:// URL.
- –CVE-2012-3397EPSS 1.1%
lib/modinfolib.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.10, 2.1.x before 2.1.7, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.3.x before 2.3.1 does not check for a group-membership requirement when determining whether an activity is unavailable or hidden, which allows …
- –CVE-2012-3391EPSS 1.1%
mod/forum/rsslib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly implement the requirement for posting before reading a Q&A forum, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by …
- –CVE-2012-3390EPSS 1.0%
lib/filelib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly restrict file access after a block has been hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file that is emb…