The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.
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Firewall crashes when it can't read a critical memory block that was protected by a malicious process.
View DetailsDoes not give admin sufficient privileges to overcome otherwise legitimate user actions.
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CWE-274: Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges is a Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entry maintained by MITRE. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.
If exploited, CWE-274 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges) it can compromise Other, leading to outcomes such as Other and Alter Execution Logic.
CWE-274 commonly affects Not Language-Specific. Note that weaknesses are often language-agnostic patterns, so secure coding practices apply broadly.
MITRE documents real CVEs mapped to CWE-274, including CVE-2001-1564, CVE-2005-3286 and CVE-2005-1641. You can look up the full details of each CVE, including CVSS scores and remediation guidance, on our CVE Lookup tool.
A CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) like CWE-274 describes a category of software weakness — the underlying flaw type. A CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) identifies a specific, real-world vulnerability in a particular product. In short, a CWE is the kind of mistake, and a CVE is an instance of that mistake being found in software.