Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-422

Allowed

Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel ('Shatter')

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft

API response cwe.mitre.org

The product does not properly verify the source of a message in the Windows Messaging System while running at elevated privileges, creating an alternate channel through which an attacker can directly send a message to the product.

4 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2025-22894 (GCVE-0-2025-22894)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-06 07:05 – Updated: 2025-02-12 19:41
VLAI
Summary
Unprotected Windows messaging channel ('Shatter') issue exists in Defense Platform Home Edition Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier. If an attacker sends a specially crafted message to the specific process of the Windows system where the product is running, arbitrary files in the system may be altered. As a result, an arbitrary DLL may be executed with SYSTEM privilege.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-422 - Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel ('Shatter')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition Affected: Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier
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CVE-2025-20094 (GCVE-0-2025-20094)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-06 07:05 – Updated: 2025-02-12 19:51
VLAI
Summary
Unprotected Windows messaging channel ('Shatter') issue exists in Defense Platform Home Edition Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier. If an attacker sends a specially crafted message to the specific process of the Windows system where the product is running, arbitrary code may be executed with SYSTEM privilege.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-422 - Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel ('Shatter')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition Affected: Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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GHSA-RC3F-G789-3FG8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-06 09:31 – Updated: 2025-02-06 09:31
VLAI
Details

Unprotected Windows messaging channel ('Shatter') issue exists in Defense Platform Home Edition Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier. If an attacker sends a specially crafted message to the specific process of the Windows system where the product is running, arbitrary files in the system may be altered. As a result, an arbitrary DLL may be executed with SYSTEM privilege.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Show details on source website
To clipboard 

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GHSA-X377-MMCG-MGM3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-06 09:31 – Updated: 2025-02-06 09:31
VLAI
Details

Unprotected Windows messaging channel ('Shatter') issue exists in Defense Platform Home Edition Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier. If an attacker sends a specially crafted message to the specific process of the Windows system where the product is running, arbitrary code may be executed with SYSTEM privilege.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Show details on source website
To clipboard 

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Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Always verify and authenticate the source of the message.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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