Base weakness
Draft
CWE-270: Privilege Context Switching Error
The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.
24
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
1
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-270 (Privilege Context Switching Error) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.