CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.
A kind of CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions.
From the CWE List. © The MITRE Corporation.
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- alienvault ossim, nfsen, alienvault unified security management +2 moreAlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping...9.8 Critical
- libuv project libuv, fedoraproject fedora, nodejs node.js +2 morelibuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent...10.0 High
- kde artsartswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check...7.8 High