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Privilege Context Switching Error

CWE-270 · Base · Draft

The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

3
How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-17Using Malicious Files
CAPEC-30Hijacking a Privileged Thread of Execution
CAPEC-35Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
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CVEs With This Weakness

25
A sample of the 25 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-34853
CVECVE-2025-9408
CVECVE-2025-60721
CVECVE-2025-55210
CVECVE-2025-49583
CVECVE-2025-49581
CVECVE-2025-46406
CVECVE-2025-26499
CVECVE-2024-8641
CVECVE-2024-51987
CVECVE-2024-47173
CVECVE-2024-46975
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