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.
8430 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-FWMJ-G364-QXMG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:58 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:58IBM System Storage TS3100-TS3200 Tape Library could allow an unauthenticated user with access to the company network, to change a user's password and gain remote access to the system.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-9005"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-02-08T22:59:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "IBM System Storage TS3100-TS3200 Tape Library could allow an unauthenticated user with access to the company network, to change a user\u0027s password and gain remote access to the system.",
"id": "GHSA-fwmj-g364-qxmg",
"modified": "2022-05-17T02:58:52Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:58:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9005"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1009656"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95436"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FWQR-MXJF-9X7Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-06-28 00:00 – Updated: 2022-07-08 00:00An authenticated user with admin privileges may be able to terminate any process on the system running Elcomplus SmartICS v2.3.4.0.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-2088"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-06-27T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An authenticated user with admin privileges may be able to terminate any process on the system running Elcomplus SmartICS v2.3.4.0.",
"id": "GHSA-fwqr-mxjf-9x7q",
"modified": "2022-07-08T00:00:49Z",
"published": "2022-06-28T00:00:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2088"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-174-05"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FWR2-JM98-62VC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-08 12:31 – Updated: 2025-07-08 12:31A vulnerability has been identified in TIA Administrator (All versions < V3.0.6). The affected application allows low-privileged users to trigger installations by overwriting cache files and modifying the downloads path. This would allow an attacker to escalate privilege and exceute arbitrary code.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-23365"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-08T11:15:26Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability has been identified in TIA Administrator (All versions \u003c V3.0.6). The affected application allows low-privileged users to trigger installations by overwriting cache files and modifying the downloads path. This would allow an attacker to escalate privilege and exceute arbitrary code.",
"id": "GHSA-fwr2-jm98-62vc",
"modified": "2025-07-08T12:31:02Z",
"published": "2025-07-08T12:31:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23365"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-573669.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"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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-FWR8-WFF7-FMXW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:07 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:07An improper access control vulnerability has been reported to affect certain legacy versions of HBS 3. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to compromise the security of the operating system.QNAP have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of HBS 3: QTS 4.3.6: HBS 3 v3.0.210507 and later QTS 4.3.4: HBS 3 v3.0.210506 and later QTS 4.3.3: HBS 3 v3.0.210506 and later
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-28809"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-08T08:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An improper access control vulnerability has been reported to affect certain legacy versions of HBS 3. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to compromise the security of the operating system.QNAP have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of HBS 3: QTS 4.3.6: HBS 3 v3.0.210507 and later QTS 4.3.4: HBS 3 v3.0.210506 and later QTS 4.3.3: HBS 3 v3.0.210506 and later",
"id": "GHSA-fwr8-wff7-fmxw",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:07:18Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:07:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28809"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-21-19"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-783"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-FWXQ-9276-7658
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-10 15:32 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:33The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7.3 via class-lp-rest-material-controller.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive paid course material.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-11868"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-10T13:15:15Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The LearnPress \u2013 WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7.3 via class-lp-rest-material-controller.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive paid course material.",
"id": "GHSA-fwxq-9276-7658",
"modified": "2026-04-08T18:33:41Z",
"published": "2024-12-10T15:32:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11868"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://abrahack.com/posts/learnpress-sensitive-information-exposure"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3200780/learnpress"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7bd43980-9193-4a63-adba-720dd1b11699?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:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FX2M-XJ8M-G5XR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-12 15:30 – Updated: 2024-08-12 15:30Improper access control vulnerability affecting Vonets
industrial wifi bridge relays and wifi bridge repeaters, software versions 3.3.23.6.9 and prior, enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication and factory reset the device via unprotected goform endpoints.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-29082"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-12T13:38:18Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper access control vulnerability affecting Vonets\n\n industrial wifi bridge relays and wifi bridge repeaters, software versions 3.3.23.6.9 \nand prior, enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass \nauthentication and factory reset the device via unprotected goform \nendpoints.",
"id": "GHSA-fx2m-xj8m-g5xr",
"modified": "2024-08-12T15:30:49Z",
"published": "2024-08-12T15:30:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29082"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-214-08"
}
],
"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:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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-FX48-XV6Q-6GP3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-29 09:30 – Updated: 2024-11-18 16:26Mattermost fails to check if compliance export is enabled when fetching posts of public channels allowing a user that is not a member of the public channel to fetch the posts, which will not be audited in the compliance export.
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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": "9.3.0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.3.1"
}
],
"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": "9.2.0"
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"fixed": "9.2.5"
}
],
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}
]
},
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"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "8.1.9"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-1887"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-29T22:48:17Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-29T08:15:46Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Mattermost fails to check if compliance export is enabled when fetching posts of public channels allowing a user that is not a member of the public channel to fetch the posts, which will not be audited in the compliance export.\u00a0\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-fx48-xv6q-6gp3",
"modified": "2024-11-18T16:26:37Z",
"published": "2024-02-29T09:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1887"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
}
],
"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"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Mattermost post fetching without auditing in compliance export "
}
GHSA-FXFC-VR6Q-F5W3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:20 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:20The TPM on Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) on IBM Flex System x222 servers with firmware 1.00 through 3.56 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive key information or cause a denial of service by leveraging an incorrect configuration. IBM X-Force ID: 91146.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2014-0881"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-04-25T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The TPM on Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) on IBM Flex System x222 servers with firmware 1.00 through 3.56 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive key information or cause a denial of service by leveraging an incorrect configuration. IBM X-Force ID: 91146.",
"id": "GHSA-fxfc-vr6q-f5w3",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:20:45Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:20:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0881"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht114524"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-tpm-on-the-integrated-management-module-ii-imm2-of-flex-system-x222-compute-node-is-not-configured-correctly-cve-2014-0881"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/home/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5094725"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FXFW-FPVF-77HW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:54 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:59The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-2860"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-05-13T16:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.",
"id": "GHSA-fxfw-fpvf-77hw",
"modified": "2025-04-12T12:59:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T03:54:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2860"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff;h=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-FXGW-V59W-42PV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-06 09:31 – Updated: 2025-05-06 09:31Memory corruption while processing image encoding, when configuration is NULL in IOCTL parameter.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21470"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-06T09:15:24Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Memory corruption while processing image encoding, when configuration is NULL in IOCTL parameter.",
"id": "GHSA-fxgw-v59w-42pv",
"modified": "2025-05-06T09:31:34Z",
"published": "2025-05-06T09:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21470"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/may-2025-bulletin.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"
}
]
}
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.