CWE-274

Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.

CVE-2023-20516 (GCVE-0-2023-20516)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-06 16:13
Modified
2025-09-08 13:42
CWE
  • CWE-274 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Summary
Improper handling of insufficiency privileges in the ASP could allow a privileged attacker to modify Translation Map Registers (TMRs) potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or integrity.
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