Description
The product calls a function, procedure, or routine with arguments that are not correctly specified, leading to always-incorrect behavior and resultant weaknesses.
Modes of Introduction:
– Implementation
Related Weaknesses
CWE-573
Consequences
Other, Access Control: Quality Degradation, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
This weakness can cause unintended behavior and can lead to additional weaknesses such as allowing an attacker to gain unintended access to system resources.
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Build and Compilation
Description:
Once found, these issues are easy to fix. Use code inspection tools and relevant compiler features to identify potential violations. Pay special attention to code that is not likely to be exercised heavily during QA.
Phase: Architecture and Design
Description:
Make sure your API’s are stable before you use them in production code.
CVE References
- CVE-2006-7049
- The method calls the functions with the wrong argument order, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
