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.
7797 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-65RF-Q535-88CH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-16 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-16 15:30A vulnerability was found in Tiandy Easy7 Integrated Management Platform 7.17.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /rest/file/uploadLedImage of the component Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument File results in unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-4221"
],
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-16T14:20:13Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was found in Tiandy Easy7 Integrated Management Platform 7.17.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /rest/file/uploadLedImage of the component Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument File results in unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-65rf-q535-88ch",
"modified": "2026-03-16T15:30:46Z",
"published": "2026-03-16T15:30:46Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4221"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://my.feishu.cn/docx/Z5HJdLCxioFs4sxyILbcoSIAnTh?from=from_copylink"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.351145"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.351145"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.770534"
}
],
"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:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-65VF-C6C4-W8JR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-14 12:30 – Updated: 2023-11-14 12:30A vulnerability has been identified in COMOS (All versions). The affected application lacks proper access controls in SMB shares. This could allow an attacker to access files that the user should not have access to.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-43505"
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-14T11:15:11Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A vulnerability has been identified in COMOS (All versions). The affected application lacks proper access controls in SMB shares. This could allow an attacker to access files that the user should not have access to.",
"id": "GHSA-65vf-c6c4-w8jr",
"modified": "2023-11-14T12:30:27Z",
"published": "2023-11-14T12:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43505"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-137900.pdf"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-65X3-JM69-W8W4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-31 21:31 – Updated: 2025-10-31 21:31Summer Pearl Group Vacation Rental Management Platform prior to v1.0.2 suffers from insufficient server-side authorization. Authenticated attackers can call several endpoints and perform create/update/delete actions on resources owned by arbitrary users by manipulating request parameters (e.g., owner or resource id).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-63562"
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-31T20:15:53Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Summer Pearl Group Vacation Rental Management Platform prior to v1.0.2 suffers from insufficient server-side authorization. Authenticated attackers can call several endpoints and perform create/update/delete actions on resources owned by arbitrary users by manipulating request parameters (e.g., owner or resource id).",
"id": "GHSA-65x3-jm69-w8w4",
"modified": "2025-10-31T21:31:03Z",
"published": "2025-10-31T21:31:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-63562"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Stolichnayer/Summer-Pearl-Group-Broken-Access-Control"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6648-6G96-MG35
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-05 20:20 – Updated: 2024-02-05 23:05Summary
phpMyFAQ's user removal page allows an attacker to spoof another user's detail, and in turn make a compelling phishing case for removing another user's account.
Details
phpMyFAQ's user removal page allows an attacker to spoof another user's detail, and in turn make a compelling phishing case for removing another user's account. Whilst the front-end of this page doesn't allow changing the form details, an attacker can utilize a proxy to intercept this request and submit other data. Upon submitting this form, an email is sent to the administrator informing them that this user wants to delete their account. An administrator has no way of telling the difference between the actual user wishing to delete their account or the attacker issuing this for an account they do not control.
PoC
We are logged in as hacker and visit /user/request-removal. This brings us to the following page. We are not able to change the username, Your name and Your email address fields on this page.
However, we intercept this request using a proxy tool such as BurpSuite.
We can now edit the request before sending it. We change the fields mentioned above to the details of another user, and send the request.
This results in the following email being sent to the administrator. For them, it looks like the victim wants to delete their account.
Impact
The impact of this vulnerability is that administrators cannot trust the emails sent by the platform. An attacker can easily make a compelling case to perform phishing and get victim accounts deleted.
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"name": "phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq"
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-22202"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-05T20:20:40Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-05T20:15:55Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "### Summary\nphpMyFAQ\u0027s user removal page allows an attacker to spoof another user\u0027s detail, and in turn make a compelling phishing case for removing another user\u0027s account.\n\n### Details\nphpMyFAQ\u0027s user removal page allows an attacker to spoof another user\u0027s detail, and in turn make a compelling phishing case for removing another user\u0027s account. Whilst the front-end of this page doesn\u0027t allow changing the form details, an attacker can utilize a proxy to intercept this request and submit other data. Upon submitting this form, an email is sent to the administrator informing them that this user wants to delete their account. An administrator has no way of telling the difference between the actual user wishing to delete their account or the attacker issuing this for an account they do not control.\n\n### PoC\nWe are logged in as `hacker` and visit `/user/request-removal`. This brings us to the following page. We are not able to change the `username`, `Your name` and `Your email address` fields on this page.\n\n\nHowever, we intercept this request using a proxy tool such as BurpSuite.\n\n\nWe can now edit the request before sending it. We change the fields mentioned above to the details of another user, and send the request.\n\n\nThis results in the following email being sent to the administrator. For them, it looks like the victim wants to delete their account.\n\n\n### Impact\nThe impact of this vulnerability is that administrators cannot trust the emails sent by the platform. An attacker can easily make a compelling case to perform phishing and get victim accounts deleted.\n",
"id": "GHSA-6648-6g96-mg35",
"modified": "2024-02-05T23:05:03Z",
"published": "2024-02-05T20:20:40Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6648-6g96-mg35"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22202"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/1348dcecdaec5a5714ad567c16429432417b534d"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.phpmyfaq.de/security/advisory-2024-02-05"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "phpMyFAQ User Removal Page Allows Spoofing Of User Details"
}
GHSA-664P-96HW-74XH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-11 18:32 – Updated: 2025-03-11 18:32Improper access control in Windows Cross Device Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-24076"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-11T17:16:30Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper access control in Windows Cross Device Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.",
"id": "GHSA-664p-96hw-74xh",
"modified": "2025-03-11T18:32:18Z",
"published": "2025-03-11T18:32:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24076"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24076"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-666M-FVC4-7RVQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-17 18:35 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:35Vulnerability in the Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: End User Self Service). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via IIOP to compromise Identity Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Identity Manager accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Identity Manager accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-46810"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-17T10:53:58Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: End User Self Service). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via IIOP to compromise Identity Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Identity Manager accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Identity Manager accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).",
"id": "GHSA-666m-fvc4-7rvq",
"modified": "2026-06-17T18:35:30Z",
"published": "2026-06-17T18:35:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46810"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspujun2026.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-666R-6MFG-455C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:05 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:07An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-9951"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-12-17T03:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in `RespawnCommand` or `ProcCmdline` fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.",
"id": "GHSA-666r-6mfg-455c",
"modified": "2025-04-12T13:07:35Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T03:05:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9951"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-666V-QPGJ-3325
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-15 21:31 – Updated: 2025-04-15 21:31Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-30700"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-15T21:15:59Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).",
"id": "GHSA-666v-qpgj-3325",
"modified": "2025-04-15T21:31:47Z",
"published": "2025-04-15T21:31:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30700"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2025.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6684-5V87-X454
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-14 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-14 18:30Arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities have been identified in the command-line interface of an AOS-8 Controller/Mobility Conductor. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an authenticated remote malicious actor to delete arbitrary files within the affected system.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-37136"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-14T17:15:40Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities have been identified in the command-line interface of an AOS-8 Controller/Mobility Conductor. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an authenticated remote malicious actor to delete arbitrary files within the affected system.",
"id": "GHSA-6684-5v87-x454",
"modified": "2025-10-14T18:30:28Z",
"published": "2025-10-14T18:30:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37136"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04957en_us\u0026docLocale=en_US"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-66R2-W93W-X6GX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:23 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:23Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 12.0.1 through 12.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to INFRA.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-5502"
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"cwe_ids": [
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-10-25T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 12.0.1 through 12.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to INFRA.",
"id": "GHSA-66r2-w93w-x6gx",
"modified": "2022-05-17T02:23:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:23:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5502"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93656"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037049"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
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.