CWE-284
DiscouragedImproper Access Control
Abstraction: Pillar · Status: Incomplete
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
7802 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-3J6M-R2W5-2J6R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-09 21:31 – Updated: 2024-04-09 21:31The WooCommerce Clover Payment Gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the callback_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark orders as paid.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-0626"
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-09T19:15:14Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The WooCommerce Clover Payment Gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the callback_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark orders as paid.",
"id": "GHSA-3j6m-r2w5-2j6r",
"modified": "2024-04-09T21:31:56Z",
"published": "2024-04-09T21:31:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0626"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-clover-gateway-by-zaytech/trunk/zaytech-woo-commerce-clover-integration.php?rev=2998654#L218"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=3055678%40woo-clover-gateway-by-zaytech%2Ftrunk\u0026old=2998658%40woo-clover-gateway-by-zaytech%2Ftrunk\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=#file3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/57aacffa-0f49-4a33-ae40-d1c151363284?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3J78-7M59-R7GV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-02-24 17:18 – Updated: 2021-01-08 20:29In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed.
This has been patched in version 5.1.2.
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"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "buddypress/buddypress"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-5244"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2020-02-24T17:18:06Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In BuddyPress before 5.1.2, requests to a certain REST API endpoint can result in private user data getting exposed. Authentication is not needed.\n\nThis has been patched in version 5.1.2.",
"id": "GHSA-3j78-7m59-r7gv",
"modified": "2021-01-08T20:29:11Z",
"published": "2020-02-24T17:18:26Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/security/advisories/GHSA-3j78-7m59-r7gv"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5244"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/commit/39294680369a0c992290577a9d740f4a2f2c2ca3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://buddypress.org/2020/01/buddypress-5-1-2"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Private data exposure via REST API in BuddyPress"
}
GHSA-3J7C-23M3-57JJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-27 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 08:57Due to incorrect access control, unauthenticated remote attackers can view the /video.mjpg video stream of certain ABUS TVIP cameras.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-17559"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-59"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-26T22:15:08Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Due to incorrect access control, unauthenticated remote attackers can view the /video.mjpg video stream of certain ABUS TVIP cameras.",
"id": "GHSA-3j7c-23m3-57jj",
"modified": "2024-04-04T08:57:10Z",
"published": "2023-10-27T00:30:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17559"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.maride.cc/posts/abus/#cve-2018-17559"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2019/update-nicht-verfugbar-hersteller-nicht-zu-erreichen"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3J95-8G47-FPWH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-22 18:31 – Updated: 2024-11-18 16:27Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.7, 9.10.x <= 9.10.0 fail to properly enforce permissions which allows a team admin user without "Add Team Members" permission to disable the invite URL.
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "9.5.0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.5.8"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "9.10.0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.10.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-40884"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-08-22T19:49:00Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-22T16:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Mattermost versions 9.5.x \u003c= 9.5.7, 9.10.x \u003c= 9.10.0 fail to properly enforce permissions which allows a team admin user without \"Add Team Members\" permission to disable the invite URL.",
"id": "GHSA-3j95-8g47-fpwh",
"modified": "2024-11-18T16:27:06Z",
"published": "2024-08-22T18:31:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40884"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Mattermost allows team admin user without \"Add Team Members\" permission to disable invite URL"
}
GHSA-3JC7-FXMM-792M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:55 – Updated: 2024-04-04 01:50The woo-confirmation-email plugin before 3.2.0 for WordPress has no blocking of direct access to supportive xl folders inside uploads.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-21007"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-29T12:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "The woo-confirmation-email plugin before 3.2.0 for WordPress has no blocking of direct access to supportive xl folders inside uploads.",
"id": "GHSA-3jc7-fxmm-792m",
"modified": "2024-04-04T01:50:24Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:55:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21007"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-confirmation-email/#developers"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9847"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3JMF-C2V9-XC39
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-13 21:30 – Updated: 2025-05-08 00:31Improper Access Control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker access to the SPI flash potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-20587"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-13T20:15:52Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper\nAccess Control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker access to\nthe SPI flash potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-3jmf-c2v9-xc39",
"modified": "2025-05-08T00:31:10Z",
"published": "2024-02-13T21:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20587"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7009"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3JMX-8Q3H-P8GC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2023-05-22 21:30A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as the root user. An attacker must be authenticated on an affected device as a PRIV15 user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient file system protection and the presence of a sensitive file in the bootflash directory on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by overwriting an installer file stored in the bootflash directory with arbitrary commands that can be executed with root-level privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write changes to the configuration database on the affected device.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-34724"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-09-23T03:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as the root user. An attacker must be authenticated on an affected device as a PRIV15 user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient file system protection and the presence of a sensitive file in the bootflash directory on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by overwriting an installer file stored in the bootflash directory with arbitrary commands that can be executed with root-level privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write changes to the configuration database on the affected device.",
"id": "GHSA-3jmx-8q3h-p8gc",
"modified": "2023-05-22T21:30:22Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:15:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34724"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxesdwan-privesc-VP4FG3jD"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3JPJ-V3XR-5H6G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-16 21:09 – Updated: 2026-04-24 20:49Summary The unaccess handler (controller/unaccess.go) contains a logical error in its ownership guard: when a frontend record has environment_id = NULL (the marker for admin-created global frontends), the condition short-circuits to false and allows the deletion to proceed without any ownership verification. A non-admin user who knows a global frontend token can call DELETE /api/v2/unaccess with any of their own environment IDs and permanently delete the global frontend, taking down all public shares routed through it.
Attack Vector: Network — the endpoint is a standard HTTP API call.
Attack Complexity: High — successful exploitation requires prior knowledge of a global frontend token. These tokens are not returned to non-admin users by any standard API endpoint; obtaining one requires an out-of-band step (e.g., leaked server logs, admin documentation for a self-hosted instance, or social engineering).
Privileges Required: Low — a valid user account with at least one registered environment is required; no admin privileges needed.
User Interaction: None.
Scope: Unchanged — the impact stays within the same server instance.
Confidentiality Impact: None — no data is disclosed.
Integrity Impact: None — no data is improperly modified; the record is deleted (not corrupted).
Availability Impact: High — deleting a global frontend disrupts every public share routed through it on the instance, constituting a platform-wide availability impact.
Affected Component controller/unaccess.go — unaccessHandler.Handle (line 56)
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"name": "github.com/openziti/zrok"
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"CVE-2026-40304"
],
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"CWE-284",
"CWE-863"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-16T21:09:23Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-17T22:16:32Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Summary\nThe unaccess handler (controller/unaccess.go) contains a logical error in its ownership guard: when a frontend record has environment_id = NULL (the marker for admin-created global frontends), the condition short-circuits to false and allows the deletion to proceed without any ownership verification. A non-admin user who knows a global frontend token can call DELETE /api/v2/unaccess with any of their own environment IDs and permanently delete the global frontend, taking down all public shares routed through it.\n\nAttack Vector: Network \u2014 the endpoint is a standard HTTP API call.\n\nAttack Complexity: High \u2014 successful exploitation requires prior knowledge of a global frontend token. These tokens are not returned to non-admin users by any standard API endpoint; obtaining one requires an out-of-band step (e.g., leaked server logs, admin documentation for a self-hosted instance, or social engineering).\n\nPrivileges Required: Low \u2014 a valid user account with at least one registered environment is required; no admin privileges needed.\n\nUser Interaction: None.\n\nScope: Unchanged \u2014 the impact stays within the same server instance.\n\nConfidentiality Impact: None \u2014 no data is disclosed.\n\nIntegrity Impact: None \u2014 no data is improperly modified; the record is deleted (not corrupted).\n\nAvailability Impact: High \u2014 deleting a global frontend disrupts every public share routed through it on the instance, constituting a platform-wide availability impact.\n\nAffected Component\ncontroller/unaccess.go \u2014 unaccessHandler.Handle (line 56)",
"id": "GHSA-3jpj-v3xr-5h6g",
"modified": "2026-04-24T20:49:03Z",
"published": "2026-04-16T21:09:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openziti/zrok/security/advisories/GHSA-3jpj-v3xr-5h6g"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40304"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/openziti/zrok"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openziti/zrok/releases/tag/v2.0.1"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "zrok: Broken ownership check in DELETE /api/v2/unaccess allows non-admin to delete global frontend records"
}
GHSA-3JPV-997G-JW9H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-24 15:31 – Updated: 2024-10-24 15:31Improper access control in some Intel(R) DSA software before version 23.4.33 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-39425"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-14T14:16:02Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper access control in some Intel(R) DSA software before version 23.4.33 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-3jpv-997g-jw9h",
"modified": "2024-10-24T15:31:06Z",
"published": "2024-10-24T15:31:06Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39425"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00969.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3M3X-CXHV-X999
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-26 00:00 – Updated: 2022-05-13 00:01The ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 lacks authorization checks in the ta_insert_external_image action, allowing a low-privilege user (with a role as low as Subscriber) to add an image from an external URL to an affiliate link. Further the plugin lacks csrf checks, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to perform the action by crafting a special request.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-0634"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-352",
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-04-25T16:16:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 lacks authorization checks in the ta_insert_external_image action, allowing a low-privilege user (with a role as low as Subscriber) to add an image from an external URL to an affiliate link. Further the plugin lacks csrf checks, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to perform the action by crafting a special request.",
"id": "GHSA-3m3x-cxhv-x999",
"modified": "2022-05-13T00:01:07Z",
"published": "2022-04-26T00:00:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0634"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7e11aeb0-b231-407d-86ec-9018c2c7eee3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-46
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
- Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
- Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
CAPEC-19: Embedding Scripts within Scripts
An adversary leverages the capability to execute their own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute due to programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts.
CAPEC-441: Malicious Logic Insertion
An adversary installs or adds malicious logic (also known as malware) into a seemingly benign component of a fielded system. This logic is often hidden from the user of the system and works behind the scenes to achieve negative impacts. With the proliferation of mass digital storage and inexpensive multimedia devices, Bluetooth and 802.11 support, new attack vectors for spreading malware are emerging for things we once thought of as innocuous greeting cards, picture frames, or digital projectors. This pattern of attack focuses on systems already fielded and used in operation as opposed to systems and their components that are still under development and part of the supply chain.
CAPEC-478: Modification of Windows Service Configuration
An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to modify the execution parameters of a Windows service. The goal of this attack is to execute a malicious binary in place of an existing service.
CAPEC-479: Malicious Root Certificate
An adversary exploits a weakness in authorization and installs a new root certificate on a compromised system. Certificates are commonly used for establishing secure TLS/SSL communications within a web browser. When a user attempts to browse a website that presents a certificate that is not trusted an error message will be displayed to warn the user of the security risk. Depending on the security settings, the browser may not allow the user to establish a connection to the website. Adversaries have used this technique to avoid security warnings prompting users when compromised systems connect over HTTPS to adversary controlled web servers that spoof legitimate websites in order to collect login credentials.
CAPEC-502: Intent Spoof
An adversary, through a previously installed malicious application, issues an intent directed toward a specific trusted application's component in an attempt to achieve a variety of different objectives including modification of data, information disclosure, and data injection. Components that have been unintentionally exported and made public are subject to this type of an attack. If the component trusts the intent's action without verififcation, then the target application performs the functionality at the adversary's request, helping the adversary achieve the desired negative technical impact.
CAPEC-503: WebView Exposure
An adversary, through a malicious web page, accesses application specific functionality by leveraging interfaces registered through WebView's addJavascriptInterface API. Once an interface is registered to WebView through addJavascriptInterface, it becomes global and all pages loaded in the WebView can call this interface.
CAPEC-536: Data Injected During Configuration
An attacker with access to data files and processes on a victim's system injects malicious data into critical operational data during configuration or recalibration, causing the victim's system to perform in a suboptimal manner that benefits the adversary.
CAPEC-546: Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment
An adversary obtains unauthorized information due to insecure or incomplete data deletion in a multi-tenant environment. If a cloud provider fails to completely delete storage and data from former cloud tenants' systems/resources, once these resources are allocated to new, potentially malicious tenants, the latter can probe the provided resources for sensitive information still there.
CAPEC-550: Install New Service
When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Adversaries may install a new service which will be executed at startup (on a Windows system, by modifying the registry). The service name may be disguised by using a name from a related operating system or benign software. Services are usually run with elevated privileges.
CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service
When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Modifying existing services may break existing services or may enable services that are disabled/not commonly used.
CAPEC-552: Install Rootkit
An adversary exploits a weakness in authentication to install malware that alters the functionality and information provide by targeted operating system API calls. Often referred to as rootkits, it is often used to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components.
CAPEC-556: Replace File Extension Handlers
When a file is opened, its file handler is checked to determine which program opens the file. File handlers are configuration properties of many operating systems. Applications can modify the file handler for a given file extension to call an arbitrary program when a file with the given extension is opened.
CAPEC-558: Replace Trusted Executable
An adversary exploits weaknesses in privilege management or access control to replace a trusted executable with a malicious version and enable the execution of malware when that trusted executable is called.
CAPEC-562: Modify Shared File
An adversary manipulates the files in a shared location by adding malicious programs, scripts, or exploit code to valid content. Once a user opens the shared content, the tainted content is executed.
CAPEC-563: Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot
An adversaries may add malicious content to a website through the open file share and then browse to that content with a web browser to cause the server to execute the content. The malicious content will typically run under the context and permissions of the web server process, often resulting in local system or administrative privileges depending on how the web server is configured.
CAPEC-564: Run Software at Logon
Operating system allows logon scripts to be run whenever a specific user or users logon to a system. If adversaries can access these scripts, they may insert additional code into the logon script. This code can allow them to maintain persistence or move laterally within an enclave because it is executed every time the affected user or users logon to a computer. Modifying logon scripts can effectively bypass workstation and enclave firewalls. Depending on the access configuration of the logon scripts, either local credentials or a remote administrative account may be necessary.
CAPEC-578: Disable Security Software
An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to disable security tools so that detection does not occur. This can take the form of killing processes, deleting registry keys so that tools do not start at run time, deleting log files, or other methods.