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.
CVE-2026-4667 (GCVE-0-2026-4667)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-15 14:22 – Updated: 2026-04-15 18:51
VLAI
Title
HP System Optimizer - Escalation of Privilege
Summary
HP System Optimizer might potentially be vulnerable to escalation of privilege. HP is releasing an update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP Inc. | OMEN Gaming Hub |
Affected:
0 , < <1101.2603
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CVE-2026-8370 (GCVE-0-2026-8370)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 18:42 – Updated: 2026-05-19 19:30
VLAI
Title
Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation
Summary
Execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix on Linux x64, Linux Power 64 BE, Linux Power 64 LE, zLinux (zSeries), AIX, Solaris x64, Solaris Sparc 64 allows Privilege Escalation, Target Programs with Elevated Privileges.
This issue affects Automic Automation: < 24.4.4 HF1.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcom | Automic Automation |
Affected:
< 24.4.4 HF1
(custom)
Unaffected: 24.4.4 HF1 or later Unaffected: 26.0.0 |
Date Public
2026-05-19 17:00
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Mitigation ID: MIT-17
Phases: Architecture and Design, Operation
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Description:
- 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.
Mitigation ID: MIT-18
Phase: Architecture and Design
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Description:
- 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.
Mitigation ID: MIT-18
Phase: Architecture and Design
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Description:
- 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.
Mitigation
Phase: Implementation
Description:
- 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.
Mitigation ID: MIT-19
Phase: Implementation
Description:
- 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.
Mitigation
Phase: Implementation
Description:
- 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.
Mitigation ID: MIT-37
Phases: Operation, System Configuration
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Description:
- 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.
CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting
An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security.
CAPEC-470: Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database
An attacker is able to leverage access gained to the database to read / write data to the file system, compromise the operating system, create a tunnel for accessing the host machine, and use this access to potentially attack other machines on the same network as the database machine. Traditionally SQL injections attacks are viewed as a way to gain unauthorized read access to the data stored in the database, modify the data in the database, delete the data, etc. However, almost every data base management system (DBMS) system includes facilities that if compromised allow an attacker complete access to the file system, operating system, and full access to the host running the database. The attacker can then use this privileged access to launch subsequent attacks. These facilities include dropping into a command shell, creating user defined functions that can call system level libraries present on the host machine, stored procedures, etc.
CAPEC-69: Target Programs with Elevated Privileges
This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The adversary tries to leverage a vulnerability in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges.