CWE-272: Least Privilege Violation

ID CWE-272

Abstraction Base

Structure Simple

Status Incomplete

Number of CVEs 12

The elevated privilege level required to perform operations such as chroot() should be dropped immediately after the operation is performed.

Modes of Introduction

Phase	Note
Implementation	REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.
Operation

Applicable Platforms

Type	Class	Name	Prevalence
Language	Not Language-Specific

Relationships

View			Weakness
# ID	View	Status	# ID	Name	Abstraction	Structure	Status
CWE-1000	Research Concepts	Draft	CWE-271	Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors	Class	Simple	Incomplete

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

The Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC™) effort provides a publicly available catalog of common attack patterns that helps users understand how adversaries exploit weaknesses in applications and other cyber-enabled capabilities.

CAPEC at Mitre.org

# ID	Name	Weaknesses
CAPEC-17	Using Malicious Files	CWE-272
CAPEC-35	Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files	CWE-272
CAPEC-76	Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls	CWE-272

CVEs Published

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CVSS Severity

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# CVE	Description	CVSS	EPSS	EPSS Trend (30 days)	Affected Products	Weaknesses	Security Advisories	Exploits	PoC	Pubblication Date	Modification Date
# CVE	Description	CVSS	EPSS	EPSS Trend (30 days)	Affected Products	Weaknesses	Security Advisories	PoC	Pubblication Date	Modification Date