CWE-556 – ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation

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Description

Configuring an ASP.NET application to run with impersonated credentials may give the application unnecessary privileges.

The use of impersonated credentials allows an ASP.NET application to run with either the privileges of the client on whose behalf it is executing or with arbitrary privileges granted in its configuration.

Modes of Introduction:

– Implementation

 

 

Related Weaknesses

CWE-266

 

Consequences

Access Control: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

 

Potential Mitigations

Phase: Architecture and Design

Description: 

Use the least privilege principle.

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