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CWE-424 – Improper Protection of Alternate Path

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Description

The product does not sufficiently protect all possible paths that a user can take to access restricted functionality or resources.

Modes of Introduction:

– Architecture and Design

 

 

Related Weaknesses

CWE-693
CWE-638

 

Consequences

Access Control: Bypass Protection Mechanism, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

 

Potential Mitigations

Phase: Architecture and Design

Description: 

Deploy different layers of protection to implement security in depth.

CVE References