CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

base

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

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parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

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vulnerabilities (2179)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2026-87886US—OT criticalKEV
Local privilege escalation due to insecure file permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.9.3.1021, Acronis Ba…
CVE-2025-24085UScritical10.0OT criticalKEV
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS…
CVE-2024-55956UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
In Cleo Harmony before 5.8.0.24, VLTrader before 5.8.0.24, and LexiCom before 5.8.0.24, an unauthenticated user can import and execute arbitrary Bash or PowerShell commands on the…
CVE-2024-51378UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
getresetstatus in dns/views.py and ftp/views.py in CyberPanel (aka Cyber Panel) before 1c0c6cb allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via /…
CVE-2023-29360US—OT criticalKEV
Microsoft Streaming Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2022-22047UShigh7.2OT criticalKEV
Windows Client Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2022-22960UShigh7.8OT criticalKEV
VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor…
CVE-2022-22948USmedium6.5OT criticalKEV
The vCenter Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to improper permission of files. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to the vCenter Server may…
CVE-2013-0632UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
administrator.cfc in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code by logging in to the RDS compon…
CVE-2017-11610UShigh8.8OT highExploit
The XML-RPC server in supervisor before 3.0.1, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via a…
CVE-2023-29919UScritical9.1OT highExploit
SolarView Compact <= 6.0 is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. Any file on the server can be read or modified because texteditor.php is not restricted.
CVE-2021-33393UShigh8.8OT highExploit
lfs/backup in IPFire 2.25-core155 does not ensure that /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl is owned by the root account. It might be owned by an unprivileged account, which could pote…
CVE-2003-0150UShigh9.0OT highExploit
MySQL 3.23.55 and earlier creates world-writeable files and allows mysql users to gain root privileges by using the "SELECT * INFO OUTFILE" operator to overwrite a configuration fi…
CVE-2012-3807UScritical9.8OT highExploit
Samsung Kies before 2.5.0.12094_27_11 has arbitrary file execution.
CVE-2019-17124UScritical9.8OT highExploit
Kramer VIAware 2.5.0719.1034 has Incorrect Access Control.
CVE-1999-0554UShigh10.0OT highExploit
NFS exports system-critical data to the world, e.g. / or a password file.
CVE-2000-0515UShigh10.0OT highExploit
The snmpd.conf configuration file for the SNMP daemon (snmpd) in HP-UX 11.0 is world writable, which allows local users to modify SNMP configuration or gain privileges.
CVE-1999-0426UScritical9.8OT highExploit
The default permissions of /dev/kmem in Linux versions before 2.0.36 allows IP spoofing.
CVE-1999-0765UShigh10.0OT highExploit
SGI IRIX midikeys program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a text editor.
CVE-2023-31068UScritical9.8OT highExploit
An issue was discovered in TSplus Remote Access through 16.0.2.14. There are Full Control permissions for Everyone on some directories under %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\TSplus\UserDesktop\…
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attack patterns (3)

CAPEC attack patterns that exploit this.

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