Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Discouraged

Improper Access Control

Abstraction: Pillar · Status: Incomplete

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

7866 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-JGXM-PQ42-X2J8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-02 18:30 – Updated: 2025-07-02 18:30
VLAI
Details

Incorrect access control in Xinference before v1.4.0 allows attackers to access the Web GUI without authentication.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-45424"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-02T17:15:53Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Incorrect access control in Xinference before v1.4.0 allows attackers to access the Web GUI without authentication.",
  "id": "GHSA-jgxm-pq42-x2j8",
  "modified": "2025-07-02T18:30:38Z",
  "published": "2025-07-02T18:30:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45424"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/honysyang/Xinference/blob/main/Xinference_Web/Xinference_Web_EN.docx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/honysyang/Xinference/tree/main/Xinference_Web"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JH2Q-J944-M54C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-17 18:35 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:35
VLAI
Details

Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Java Business Objects). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) executes to compromise Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.1 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-46771"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-17T10:53:54Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Java Business Objects).  Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0 and  14.1.2.0.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) executes to compromise Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF).  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.1 (Confidentiality impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).",
  "id": "GHSA-jh2q-j944-m54c",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T18:35:26Z",
  "published": "2026-06-17T18:35:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46771"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspujun2026.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JH5G-JG5M-7X4Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:56 – Updated: 2024-04-04 01:56
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Remote Connect Server (All versions < V2.0 SP1). Some pages that should only be accessible by a privileged user can also be accessed by a non-privileged user. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access and valid credentials for the web interface. No user interaction is required. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to access information that he should not be able to read. The affected information does not include passwords. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-13919"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-09-13T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Remote Connect Server (All versions \u003c V2.0 SP1). Some pages that should only be accessible by a privileged user can also be accessed by a non-privileged user. The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access and valid credentials for the web interface. No user interaction is required. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to access information that he should not be able to read. The affected information does not include passwords. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.",
  "id": "GHSA-jh5g-jg5m-7x4q",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T01:56:54Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:56:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13919"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-884497.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JH5P-649H-FJRV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-05 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-05 18:31
VLAI
Details

Inappropriate implementation in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-11078"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-04T23:17:12Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Inappropriate implementation in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)",
  "id": "GHSA-jh5p-649h-fjrv",
  "modified": "2026-06-05T18:31:34Z",
  "published": "2026-06-05T00:31:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11078"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/499917177"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JH68-4CFM-G6VX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:23 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:23
VLAI
Details

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.4.0 and 8.5.1 through 8.5.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Outside In Filters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5558, CVE-2016-5574, CVE-2016-5577, CVE-2016-5578, and CVE-2016-5588.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-5579"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-10-25T14:30:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.4.0 and 8.5.1 through 8.5.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Outside In Filters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5558, CVE-2016-5574, CVE-2016-5577, CVE-2016-5578, and CVE-2016-5588.",
  "id": "GHSA-jh68-4cfm-g6vx",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:23:10Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:23:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5579"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93672"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JHC6-X647-XMHF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-03 06:36 – Updated: 2024-09-05 18:30
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in the Boomerang Parental Control application before 13.83 for Android. The app is missing the android:allowBackup="false" attribute in the manifest. This allows the user to backup the internal memory of the app to a PC. This gives the user access to the API token that is used to authenticate requests to the API.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-36620"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-11-03T04:15:21Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in the Boomerang Parental Control application before 13.83 for Android. The app is missing the android:allowBackup=\"false\" attribute in the manifest. This allows the user to backup the internal memory of the app to a PC. This gives the user access to the API token that is used to authenticate requests to the API.",
  "id": "GHSA-jhc6-x647-xmhf",
  "modified": "2024-09-05T18:30:47Z",
  "published": "2023-11-03T06:36:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36620"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/the-hidden-costs-of-parental-control-apps"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://useboomerang.com"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JHC8-V2X5-JVJ5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-12 09:30 – Updated: 2024-06-27 03:30
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability was found in FreeIPA in how the initial implementation of MS-SFU by MIT Kerberos was missing a condition for granting the "forwardable" flag on S4U2Self tickets. Fixing this mistake required adding a special case for the check_allowed_to_delegate() function: If the target service argument is NULL, then it means the KDC is probing for general constrained delegation rules and not checking a specific S4U2Proxy request.

In FreeIPA 4.11.0, the behavior of ipadb_match_acl() was modified to match the changes from upstream MIT Kerberos 1.20. However, a mistake resulting in this mechanism applies in cases where the target service argument is set AND where it is unset. This results in S4U2Proxy requests being accepted regardless of whether or not there is a matching service delegation rule.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-2698"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284",
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-06-12T08:15:50Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability was found in FreeIPA in how the initial implementation of MS-SFU by MIT Kerberos was missing a condition for granting the \"forwardable\" flag on S4U2Self tickets. Fixing this mistake required adding a special case for the check_allowed_to_delegate() function: If the target service argument is NULL, then it means the KDC is probing for general constrained delegation rules and not checking a specific S4U2Proxy request.\n\nIn FreeIPA 4.11.0, the behavior of ipadb_match_acl() was modified to match the changes from upstream MIT Kerberos 1.20. However, a mistake resulting in this mechanism applies in cases where the target service argument is set AND where it is unset. This results in S4U2Proxy requests being accepted regardless of whether or not there is a matching service delegation rule.",
  "id": "GHSA-jhc8-v2x5-jvj5",
  "modified": "2024-06-27T03:30:55Z",
  "published": "2024-06-12T09:30:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2698"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3754"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3755"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3757"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3759"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2698"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270353"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WT3JL7JQDIAFKKEFARWYES7GZNWGQNCI"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.freeipa.org/release-notes/4-12-1.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JHCM-4GFM-2Q7G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-21 15:31 – Updated: 2025-04-22 15:30
VLAI
Details

Incorrect access control in Orban OPTIMOD 5950 Firmware v1.0.0.2 and System v2.2.15 allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain Administrator privileges.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-28229"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-04-18T15:15:58Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Incorrect access control in Orban OPTIMOD 5950 Firmware v1.0.0.2 and System v2.2.15 allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain Administrator privileges.",
  "id": "GHSA-jhcm-4gfm-2q7g",
  "modified": "2025-04-22T15:30:51Z",
  "published": "2025-04-21T15:31:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28229"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/shiky8/my--cve-vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-28229"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JHF8-VWFV-VR95

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-10 18:31 – Updated: 2026-06-10 18:31
VLAI
Details

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2604.0, 10.3.2512.12, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, 10.0.2503.14, and 9.3.2411.131, a user who holds a Splunk role that contains the high-privilege capability edit_saved_search_owner could reassign saved search ownership to users outside their authorized scope. The ownership reassignment endpoint lacks access control.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-20259"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-10T18:16:41Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2604.0, 10.3.2512.12, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, 10.0.2503.14, and 9.3.2411.131, a user who holds a Splunk role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_saved_search_owner` could reassign saved search ownership to users outside their authorized scope. The ownership reassignment endpoint lacks access control.",
  "id": "GHSA-jhf8-vwfv-vr95",
  "modified": "2026-06-10T18:31:46Z",
  "published": "2026-06-10T18:31:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20259"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0609"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-JHFM-VPJ4-VJ2F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-11 00:00 – Updated: 2023-06-27 21:30
VLAI
Details

An Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in Citrix Workspace App for Linux 2012 - 2111 with App Protection installed that can allow an attacker to perform local privilege escalation.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-21825"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284",
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-09T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in Citrix Workspace App for Linux 2012 - 2111 with App Protection installed that can allow an attacker to perform local privilege escalation.",
  "id": "GHSA-jhfm-vpj4-vj2f",
  "modified": "2023-06-27T21:30:44Z",
  "published": "2022-02-11T00:00:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21825"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX338435"
    }
  ],
  "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
Architecture and Design Operation

Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.

Mitigation MIT-46
Architecture and Design

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.