CWE · MITRE source
CWE-273Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.
If the drop fails, the product will continue to run with the raised privileges, which might provide additional access to unprivileged users.
Last updated: 15 October 2026 10:21 UTC
Control responseHuman-reviewed
Answering this weakness across the control lifecycle, from our framework cross-walks.
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NIST 800-53 r5 controls PROPOSED for this weakness (0)AI-assisted
These are model PROPOSALS, not graded mappings. They come
from controls_to_cwe_proposals, which carries no grade field at
all; across the CWE pages 1,540 of 1,722 such associations (89%) have never
been graded by anything. The heading said “address” until
2026-09-29, which asserted a relationship the data does not carry.
Graded cross-walks are on the framework map, not here.
| Control | Title | Family | Why it addresses this CWE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No NIST controls proposed yet. | |||
Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2011-2921 UPD | 9.9 | 9.8 | 0.8311 | 2019-11-19 |
CVE-2017-6972 UPD | 8.4 | 9.8 | 0.1460 | 2017-03-22 |
CVE-2024-38813 KEV UPD | 8.3 | 7.5 | 0.1736 | 2024-09-17 |
CVE-2020-24361 UPD | 7.7 | 9.8 | 0.0203 | 2020-08-16 |
CVE-2021-36372 UPD | 7.7 | 9.8 | 0.0253 | 2021-11-19 |
CVE-2012-1187 UPD | 7.6 | 9.8 | 0.0165 | 2019-10-29 |
CVE-2011-3350 UPD | 7.6 | 9.8 | 0.0169 | 2019-11-19 |
CVE-2023-34844 UPD | 7.5 | 9.8 | 0.0095 | 2023-06-29 |
CVE-2024-8382 UPD | 6.6 | 8.8 | 0.0060 | 2024-09-03 |
CVE-2025-27396 UPD | 6.5 | 8.8 | 0.0044 | 2025-03-11 |
CVE-2018-16466 UPD | 6.3 | 8.1 | 0.0096 | 2018-10-30 |
CVE-2019-18276 UPD | 6.3 | 7.8 | 0.0261 | 2019-11-28 |
CVE-2015-0278 UPD | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0324 | 2015-05-18 |
CVE-2018-8599 UPD | 6.1 | 7.8 | 0.0100 | 2018-12-12 |
CVE-2020-14298 UPD | 6.1 | 8.8 | 0.0032 | 2020-07-13 |
CVE-2020-14300 UPD | 6.1 | 8.8 | 0.0038 | 2020-07-13 |
CVE-2026-21882 UPD | 6.1 | 8.4 | 0.0018 | 2026-03-02 |
CVE-2026-58086 UPD | 6.1 | 8.1 | 0.0038 | 2026-08-19 |
CVE-2019-20044 UPD | 5.9 | 7.8 | 0.0050 | 2020-02-24 |
CVE-2021-47129 UPD | 5.9 | 7.8 | 0.0045 | 2024-03-15 |
CVE-2026-32107 UPD | 5.9 | 8.8 | 0.0016 | 2026-04-17 |
CVE-2006-2916 UPD | 5.8 | 7.8 | 0.0039 | 2006-06-15 |
CVE-2022-0358 UPD | 5.8 | 7.8 | 0.0033 | 2022-08-29 |
CVE-2023-34322 UPD | 5.7 | 7.8 | 0.0022 | 2024-01-05 |
CVE-2023-52433 UPD | 5.7 | 7.8 | 0.0025 | 2024-02-20 |