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.
7806 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-92F9-Q83C-GM35
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-17 00:30 – Updated: 2024-01-25 18:30A vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access internal HTTP services that are otherwise inaccessible.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on internally accessible http proxies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to internal subnets beyond the sphere of their intended access level.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-20237"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-77"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-08-16T22:15:12Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access internal HTTP services that are otherwise inaccessible.\n\n This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on internally accessible http proxies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access to internal subnets beyond the sphere of their intended access level.",
"id": "GHSA-92f9-q83c-gm35",
"modified": "2024-01-25T18:30:41Z",
"published": "2023-08-17T00:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20237"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-intersight-forward-C45ncgqb"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-92G6-976X-7XJJ
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, 12.1.0, and 12.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to INFRA, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5619.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-5620"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-10-25T14:31:00Z",
"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, 12.1.0, and 12.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to INFRA, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5619.",
"id": "GHSA-92g6-976x-7xjj",
"modified": "2022-05-17T02:23:08Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:23:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5620"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93649"
},
{
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-92GQ-43F3-Q488
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-09 15:31 – Updated: 2024-12-09 15:31Dell Power Manager (DPM), versions prior to 3.17, contain an improper access control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution and Elevation of Privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-49600"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-09T15:15:17Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Dell Power Manager (DPM), versions prior to 3.17, contain an improper access control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution and Elevation of Privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-92gq-43f3-q488",
"modified": "2024-12-09T15:31:37Z",
"published": "2024-12-09T15:31:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49600"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000244438/dsa-2024-439"
}
],
"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-92Q5-2H76-VGMJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:52 – Updated: 2024-04-23 22:41A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.7.1, 3.6.5, 3.5.7. Teachers in a quiz group could modify group overrides for other groups in the same quiz.
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "moodle/moodle"
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"introduced": "0"
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}
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]
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"name": "moodle/moodle"
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]
},
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"name": "moodle/moodle"
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"introduced": "3.7.0"
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"fixed": "3.7.1"
}
],
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}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-10188"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-23T22:41:09Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2019-07-31T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.7.1, 3.6.5, 3.5.7. Teachers in a quiz group could modify group overrides for other groups in the same quiz.",
"id": "GHSA-92q5-2h76-vgmj",
"modified": "2024-04-23T22:41:09Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:52:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10188"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10188"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=388569"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109178"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "moodle Improper Access Control"
}
GHSA-92V6-QH2C-FX82
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:44 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:44The me aliases module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.10 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal allows remote attackers to access Views using the "me" user argument handler by substituting "me" for a user id in a URL.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-5512"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2015-08-18T18:00:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The me aliases module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.10 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal allows remote attackers to access Views using the \"me\" user argument handler by substituting \"me\" for a user id in a URL.",
"id": "GHSA-92v6-qh2c-fx82",
"modified": "2022-05-17T03:44:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T03:44:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5512"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.drupal.org/node/2511378"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.drupal.org/node/2511386"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.drupal.org/node/2511424"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://cgit.drupalcode.org/me/commit/?id=e28e5bf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/04/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75413"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-92WM-VQXV-VPF9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:38 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:38Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 are not properly verifying edit check permissions on WebDAV copy actions. The WebDAV endpoint was not properly checking the permission on a WebDAV COPY action. This allowed an authenticated attacker with access to a read-only share to put new files in there. It was not possible to modify existing files.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-9461"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-03-28T02:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 \u0026 ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 are not properly verifying edit check permissions on WebDAV copy actions. The WebDAV endpoint was not properly checking the permission on a WebDAV COPY action. This allowed an authenticated attacker with access to a read-only share to put new files in there. It was not possible to modify existing files.",
"id": "GHSA-92wm-vqxv-vpf9",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:38:33Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:38:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9461"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/3491400261c1454a9a30d3ec96969573330120cc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/0622e635d97cb17c5e1363e370bb8268cc3d2547"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/121a3304a0c37ccda0e1b63ddc528cba9121a36e"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/acbbadb71ceee7f01da347f7dcd519beda78cc47"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/c0a4b7b3f38ad2eaf506484b3b92ec678cb021c9"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/145950"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-004"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-014"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97276"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-92XM-7M45-93PF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-26 15:31 – Updated: 2024-11-26 15:31QSEE will randomly experience a fatal error during execution due to speculative instruction fetches from device memory. Device memory is not valid executable memory.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-10408"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-26T14:15:17Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "QSEE will randomly experience a fatal error during execution due to speculative instruction fetches from device memory. Device memory is not valid executable memory.",
"id": "GHSA-92xm-7m45-93pf",
"modified": "2024-11-26T15:31:01Z",
"published": "2024-11-26T15:31:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10408"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/may-2018-bulletin.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-92XQ-W7VG-RW26
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-14 21:31 – Updated: 2023-11-14 21:31Improper access control for some Intel Unison software may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-22285"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-14T19:15:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper access control for some Intel Unison software may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.",
"id": "GHSA-92xq-w7vg-rw26",
"modified": "2023-11-14T21:31:00Z",
"published": "2023-11-14T21:31:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22285"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00963.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9329-MXXW-QWF8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-16 19:49 – Updated: 2026-01-29 03:59Summary
A CORS misconfiguration vulnerability exists in default installations of Strapi where attacker-controlled origins are improperly reflected in API responses.
Technical Details
By default, Strapi reflects the value of the Origin header back in the Access-Control-Allow-Origin response header without proper validation or whitelisting.
Example:
Origin: http://localhost:8888
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://localhost:8888
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
This allows an attacker-controlled site (on a different port, like 8888) to send credentialed requests to the Strapi backend on 1337.
Suggested Fix
- Explicitly whitelist trusted origins
- Avoid reflecting dynamic origins
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "@strapi/core"
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"ranges": [
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"events": [
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},
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"fixed": "5.20.0"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-53092"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-284",
"CWE-364",
"CWE-942"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-16T19:49:01Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-16T17:15:33Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Summary\n\nA CORS misconfiguration vulnerability exists in default installations of Strapi where attacker-controlled origins are improperly reflected in API responses.\n\n### Technical Details\n\nBy default, Strapi reflects the value of the Origin header back in the Access-Control-Allow-Origin response header without proper validation or whitelisting.\n\nExample:\n`Origin: http://localhost:8888`\n`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://localhost:8888`\n`Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true`\n\nThis allows an attacker-controlled site (on a different port, like 8888) to send credentialed requests to the Strapi backend on 1337.\n\n### Suggested Fix\n\n1. Explicitly whitelist trusted origins\n2. Avoid reflecting dynamic origins",
"id": "GHSA-9329-mxxw-qwf8",
"modified": "2026-01-29T03:59:42Z",
"published": "2025-10-16T19:49:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-9329-mxxw-qwf8"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53092"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/6e535cb756"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.20.0"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Strapi core vulnerable to sensitive data exposure via CORS misconfiguration"
}
GHSA-9344-WR63-MJHF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-29 21:30 – Updated: 2025-06-29 21:30A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Simple Company Website 1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /classes/Content.php?f=service. The manipulation of the argument img leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"CVE-2025-6870"
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-29T20:15:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Simple Company Website 1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /classes/Content.php?f=service. The manipulation of the argument img leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-9344-wr63-mjhf",
"modified": "2025-06-29T21:30:26Z",
"published": "2025-06-29T21:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6870"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ez-lbz/poc/issues/26"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314342"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.314342"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.603640"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.sourcecodester.com"
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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:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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",
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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.