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T1548

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

7 CVEs mapped
TA0004Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions. Most modern systems contain native elevation control mechanisms that are intended to limit privileges that a user can perform on a machine. Authorization has to be granted to specific users in order to perform tasks that can be considered of higher risk.(Citation: TechNet How UAC Works)(Citation: sudo man page 2018) An adversary can perform several methods to take advantage of built-in control mechanisms in order to escalate privileges on a system.(Citation: OSX Keydnap malware)(Citation: Fortinet Fareit)

Platforms6

LinuxmacOSWindowsIaaSOffice SuiteIdentity Provider

CVEs mapped to this technique7

CVEDescriptionSeverityEPSSFlagsModified
CVE-2015-8562

Joomla! 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6 allow remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP User-Agent header, as exploited in the wild in December 2015.

NONE
98%p100
Weaponized
2026-05-06
CVE-2015-1539

Multiple integer underflows in the ESDS::parseESDescriptor function in ESDS.cpp in libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ESDS atoms, aka internal bug 20139950, a related issue to CVE-2015-4493.

NONE
86%p100
2026-05-06
CVE-2010-3765

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.0.10, when JavaScript is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to nsCSSFrameConstructor::ContentAppended, the appendChild method, incorrect index tracking, and the creation of multiple frames, which triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2010 by the Belmoo malware.

CRITICAL9.8
83%p100
KEVWeaponized
2026-04-22
CVE-2013-7246

Buffer overflow in the IconCreate method in an ActiveX control in the DaumGame ActiveX plugin 1.1.0.4 and 1.1.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string, as exploited in the wild in January 2014.

NONE
11%p95
Functional
2026-04-29
CVE-2017-14486

The Vibease Wireless Remote Vibrator app for Android and the Vibease Chat app for iOS use cleartext to exchange messages with other apps and the PLAIN SASL mechanism to send auth tokens to Vibease servers, which allows remote attackers to obtain user credentials, messages, and other sensitive information by sniffing the network for XMPP traffic.

NONE
0.84%p53
2026-05-13
CVE-2019-3717

Select Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms contain an Improper Access Vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system could potentially bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions to run unsigned and untrusted code on expansion cards installed in the system during platform boot. Refer to https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln317683/dsa-2019-043-dell-client-improper-access-control-vulnerability?lang=en for versions affected by this vulnerability.

MEDIUM6.8
0.36%p28
2024-11-21
CVE-2019-1812

A vulnerability in the Image Signature Verification feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator-level credentials to install a malicious software image on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because software digital signatures are not properly verified during CLI command execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to install an unsigned software image on an affected device.

MEDIUM6.7
0.33%p25
2024-11-21