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Description
The software assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere.
This may allow the resource to be manipulated by actors outside of the intended control sphere.
Modes of Introduction:
– Architecture and Design
Likelihood of Exploit:
Related Weaknesses
Consequences
Confidentiality, Integrity: Read Application Data, Modify Application Data
An attacker could read and modify data for which they do not have permissions to access directly.
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Policy
Effectiveness:
Description:
Periodically review the privileges and their owners.
Phase: Testing
Effectiveness:
Description:
Use automated tools to check for privilege settings.
CVE References
- CVE-2007-5101
- File system sets wrong ownership and group when creating a new file.
- CVE-2007-4238
- OS installs program with bin owner/group, allowing modification.
- CVE-2007-1716
- Manager does not properly restore ownership of a reusable resource when a user logs out, allowing privilege escalation.
- CVE-2005-3148
- Backup software restores symbolic links with incorrect uid/gid.
- CVE-2005-1064
- Product changes the ownership of files that a symlink points to, instead of the symlink itself.
- CVE-2011-1551
- Component assigns ownership of sensitive directory tree to a user account, which can be leveraged to perform privileged operations.