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Insecure service permissions (executable)

This misconfiguration occurs when a service’s executable file has weak permissions, allowing an attacker to modify or replace it with a malicious binary.
If the service runs with elevated privileges (e.g., SYSTEM), this can be leveraged for privilege escalation.