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CVEs that CISA lists as exploited in real attacks, newest additions first.
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CVE-2026-65400
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.7.9, macOS Sonoma 14.8.9, macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An attacker on the network may be able to authenticate to Screen Sharing without valid credentials.
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CVE-2025-33073
Improper access control in Windows SMB allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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CVE-2014-1812
The Group Policy implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not properly handle distribution of passwords, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive credential information and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to the SYSVOL share, as exploited in the wild in May 2014, aka "Group Policy Preferences Password Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
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CVE-2021-42287
Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2021-42278
Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2016-0151
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
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CVE-2019-11634
Citrix Workspace App before 1904 for Windows has Incorrect Access Control.
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CVE-2023-36874
Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2024-49039
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2019-1405
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creation, aka 'Windows UPnP Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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CVE-2021-36948
Windows Update Medic Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2021-34484
Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2019-1215
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that ws2ifsl.sys (Winsock) handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1253, CVE-2019-1278, CVE-2019-1303.
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CVE-2019-1322
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests, aka 'Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1320, CVE-2019-1340.
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CVE-2022-22718
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-26925
Windows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-38028
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2023-41992
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
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CVE-2021-30657
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
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CVE-2015-1130
The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges via unspecified vectors.
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CVE-2019-1388
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Certificate Dialog when it does not properly enforce user privileges, aka 'Windows Certificate Dialog Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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CVE-2021-30713
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
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CVE-2026-33825
Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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CVE-2024-38014
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-0492
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.
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CVE-2002-0367
smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges by duplicating a handle to a privileged process, as demonstrated by DebPloit.
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CVE-2019-0543
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests, aka "Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
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CVE-2026-21533
Improper privilege management in Windows Remote Desktop allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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CVE-2024-26169
Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2019-1385
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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CVE-2025-59230
Improper access control in Windows Remote Access Connection Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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CVE-2020-24557
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 on Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to manipulate a particular product folder to disable the security temporarily, abuse a specific Windows function and attain privilege escalation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. Please note that version 1909 (OS Build 18363.719) of Microsoft Windows 10 mitigates hard links, but previous versions are affected.
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CVE-2022-41033
Windows COM+ Event System Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2024-37085
VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/joining-vsphere-hosts-to-active-directory.html by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.
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CVE-2026-56155
Insufficient granularity of access control in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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CVE-2022-26904
Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2023-24880
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-21919
Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-48618
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.1, watchOS 9.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
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CVE-2022-41091
Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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CVE-2024-8068
Privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access in Citrix Session Recording when an attacker is an authenticated user in the same Windows Active Directory domain as the session recording server domain
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CVE-2021-25337
Improper access control in clipboard service in Samsung mobile devices prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 allows untrusted applications to read or write certain local files.
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CVE-2023-20867
A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine.
These CVEs appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, which means attackers are using them in real attacks. Each entry shows severity, exploit odds, fix status and a timeline.