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.
8101 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-96WX-G729-Q36V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:22 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:06Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted request, aka "Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Denial of Service Vulnerability."
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-7237"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-11-10T06:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted request, aka \"Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Denial of Service Vulnerability.\"",
"id": "GHSA-96wx-g729-q36v",
"modified": "2025-04-12T13:06:25Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T02:22:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7237"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-137"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40744"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94040"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037249"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-972F-C53G-W92C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-02 18:31 – Updated: 2026-06-02 18:31Dell ThinOS 10, versions prior to ThinOS10 2602_10.0765, contain an Improper Access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information exposure.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-40713"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-02T17:16:29Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Dell ThinOS 10, versions prior to ThinOS10 2602_10.0765, contain an Improper Access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information exposure.",
"id": "GHSA-972f-c53g-w92c",
"modified": "2026-06-02T18:31:34Z",
"published": "2026-06-02T18:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40713"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000463678/dsa-2026-214"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-972J-FXC9-8WQP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 00:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33This issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. An attacker with a USB-C connection to an unlocked device may be able to programmatically access photos.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-24193"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-31T23:15:17Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "This issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. An attacker with a USB-C connection to an unlocked device may be able to programmatically access photos.",
"id": "GHSA-972j-fxc9-8wqp",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:18Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T00:30:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24193"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/122371"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/4"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-974J-WJXX-WGGJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-10-14 21:23 – Updated: 2021-06-11 15:59API Platform version from 2.2.0 to 2.3.5 contains an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in GraphQL delete mutations that can result in a user authorized to delete a resource can delete any resource. This attack appears to be exploitable via the user must be authorized. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.6.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "api-platform/core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.2.10"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "api-platform/core"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.3.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.3.6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-1000011"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2019-09-25T12:48:16Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2019-02-04T21:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "API Platform version from 2.2.0 to 2.3.5 contains an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in GraphQL delete mutations that can result in a user authorized to delete a resource can delete any resource. This attack appears to be exploitable via the user must be authorized. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.6.",
"id": "GHSA-974j-wjxx-wggj",
"modified": "2021-06-11T15:59:46Z",
"published": "2019-10-14T21:23:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000011"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/api-platform/core/issues/2364"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/api-platform/core/pull/2441"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/api-platform/core/CVE-2019-1000011.yaml"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in api-platform/core"
}
GHSA-976Q-QHH2-P88C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-27 03:30 – Updated: 2023-03-31 03:30Improper Access Control in GitHub repository calcom/cal.com prior to 2.7.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-1647"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-27T01:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper Access Control in GitHub repository calcom/cal.com prior to 2.7.",
"id": "GHSA-976q-qhh2-p88c",
"modified": "2023-03-31T03:30:31Z",
"published": "2023-03-27T03:30:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1647"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/sbs20/scanservjs/pull/606/commits/d51fd52c1569813990b8f74e64ae6979c665dca1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/commit/c76e5f46101a826b2de39123c22f50c840dddba0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/d6de3d6e-9551-47d1-b28c-7e965c1b82b6"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-978Q-HC83-RF9P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:47 – Updated: 2022-05-24 16:47A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Ident MV420 family (All versions), SIMATIC Ident MV440 family (All versions). An authenticated attacker could escalate privileges by sending specially crafted requests to the integrated webserver. The security vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with network access to the device. Valid user credentials, but no user interaction are required. Successful exploitation compromises integrity and availability of the device. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-10925"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-06-12T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Ident MV420 family (All versions), SIMATIC Ident MV440 family (All versions). An authenticated attacker could escalate privileges by sending specially crafted requests to the integrated webserver. The security vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with network access to the device. Valid user credentials, but no user interaction are required. Successful exploitation compromises integrity and availability of the device. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.",
"id": "GHSA-978q-hc83-rf9p",
"modified": "2022-05-24T16:47:55Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:47:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10925"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-816980.pdf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-162-02"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108725"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-97FR-949F-2H6J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-21 03:32 – Updated: 2026-07-21 03:32A vulnerability was identified in D-Link DNS-320 1.0.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /photo_center/php/uploadify.php. The manipulation of the argument Malicious Handler leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-16329"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T01:16:29Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was identified in D-Link DNS-320 1.0.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /photo_center/php/uploadify.php. The manipulation of the argument Malicious Handler leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.",
"id": "GHSA-97fr-949f-2h6j",
"modified": "2026-07-21T03:32:08Z",
"published": "2026-07-21T03:32:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16329"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ucn9h68n9289.feishu.cn/docx/MBHDdPBz4oUXa9xCdujchmPZneg?from=from_copylink"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16329"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/858462"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/380694"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/380694/cti"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dlink.com"
}
],
"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: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-97FV-22HC-MRGJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:57 – Updated: 2024-11-26 18:21OpenStack Compute (nova) Icehouse, Juno and Havana when live migration fails allows local users to access VM volumes that they would normally not have permissions for.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "nova"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "15.0.0.0b1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-2687"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-14T20:54:30Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2017-08-09T18:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "OpenStack Compute (nova) Icehouse, Juno and Havana when live migration fails allows local users to access VM volumes that they would normally not have permissions for.",
"id": "GHSA-97fv-22hc-mrgj",
"modified": "2024-11-26T18:21:48Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T01:57:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2687"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b83cae02ece4c338e09c3606c6ae69b715bd6f8c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1419577"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205313"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2017-145.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/338929"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/10"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/25/3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Access Control "
}
GHSA-97H5-FMW5-R7VF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:24 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:24An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-10124"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-01-09T08:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal\u0027s input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.",
"id": "GHSA-97h5-fmw5-r7vf",
"modified": "2022-05-17T00:24:42Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:24:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10124"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-97JG-3M56-W8PH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-19 18:30 – Updated: 2024-03-21 03:35** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** D-Link (Non-US) DSL-2750U N300 ADSL2+ and (Non-US) DSL-2730U N150 ADSL2+ are vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. The UART/Serial interface on the PCB, provides log output and a root terminal without proper access control.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-46033"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-284"
],
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-19T16:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** D-Link (Non-US) DSL-2750U N300 ADSL2+ and (Non-US) DSL-2730U N150 ADSL2+ are vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. The UART/Serial interface on the PCB, provides log output and a root terminal without proper access control.",
"id": "GHSA-97jg-3m56-w8ph",
"modified": "2024-03-21T03:35:52Z",
"published": "2023-10-19T18:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46033"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10357"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dlink.com/en/products/dsl-2730u-wireless-n150-adsl2-router"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dlink.com/en/products/dsl-2750u-wireless-n-300-adsl2-modem-router"
}
],
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"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.