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Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

CWE-279 · Variant · Draft

While it is executing, the product sets the permissions of an object in a way that violates the intended permissions that have been specified by the user.

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Weakness Relationships

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

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How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-81Web Server Logs Tampering
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CVEs With This Weakness

25
A sample of the 25 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-4948
CVECVE-2026-20062
CVECVE-2025-58437
CVECVE-2025-36228
CVECVE-2025-30001
CVECVE-2025-26422
CVECVE-2025-23263
CVECVE-2025-23233
CVECVE-2025-22843
CVECVE-2025-20612
CVECVE-2025-14025
CVECVE-2025-13663
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