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Incorrect Default Permissions

CWE-276 · Base · Draft

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

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Weakness Relationships

Where this weakness sits in the CWE hierarchy. Walk up to broader classes or down to more specific variants.
Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

3
How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-1Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
CAPEC-127Directory Indexing
CAPEC-81Web Server Logs Tampering
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CVEs With This Weakness

1,765
A sample of the 1,765 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-6823
CVECVE-2026-6819
CVECVE-2026-41712
CVECVE-2026-39454
CVECVE-2026-36742
CVECVE-2026-34450
CVECVE-2026-3315
CVECVE-2026-32983
CVECVE-2026-32680
CVECVE-2026-30811
CVECVE-2026-2915
CVECVE-2026-28727
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Nuclei Scanner Templates

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Open-source Nuclei templates that detect this weakness class - an actionable scan-for-it pivot. Licensed under the ProjectDiscovery / Nuclei terms.
criticalSolarView Compact <= 6.00 - Local File Inclusion
criticalCleo Harmony < 5.8.0.24 - File Upload Vulnerability
highPuppet Server/PuppetDB - Sensitive Information Disclosure
highXML-RPC Server - Remote Code Execution
mediumNexus Repository Manager - Anonymous Access Enabled
mediumPowerJob <=4.3.2 - Unauthenticated Access
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
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