Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
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Architecture and Design
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
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Architecture and Design
Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
Source: MITRE CWE-269
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Medium 6.1
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 5.1
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Medium 5.1
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Medium 6.7
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 6.3
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Medium 6.3
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 4.2
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 6.0
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 6.0
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Medium 6.6
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Medium 4.2
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Medium 4.7
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Medium 6.3
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Medium 4.9
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Medium 6.9
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 6.3
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Medium 5.1
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Medium 6.1
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Medium 6.8
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Medium 6.2
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Medium 6.2
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Medium 6.3
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Medium 4.3
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Medium 4.3
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Medium 5.3
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