CWE CATEGORY: Permission Issues
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Category ID: 275
Vulnerability Mapping:
PROHIBITED
This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
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 Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to improper assignment or handling of permissions.
Membership
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Type |
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| MemberOf |
 View - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries). |
699 |
Software Development
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| MemberOf |
 Category - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. |
723 |
OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A2 - Broken Access Control
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| MemberOf |
Category - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. |
731 |
OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A10 - Insecure Configuration Management
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| MemberOf |
Category - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. |
1345 |
OWASP Top Ten 2021 Category A01:2021 - Broken Access Control
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| HasMember |
 Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
276 |
Incorrect Default Permissions
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| HasMember |
 Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
277 |
Insecure Inherited Permissions
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| HasMember |
Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
278 |
Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
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| HasMember |
Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
279 |
Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
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| HasMember |
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
280 |
Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
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| HasMember |
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
281 |
Improper Preservation of Permissions
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| HasMember |
Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
618 |
Exposed Unsafe ActiveX Method
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| HasMember |
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
766 |
Critical Data Element Declared Public
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| HasMember |
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. |
767 |
Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method
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Vulnerability Mapping Notes
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Usage:
PROHIBITED
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
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Reason:
Category
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Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
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Comments: Consider mapping to weaknesses that are members of this Category.
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Notes
Terminology
Permissions are associated with a resource and specify which actors are allowed to access that resource and what they are allowed to do with that access (e.g., read it, modify it). Privileges are associated with an actor and define which behaviors or actions an actor is allowed to perform.
References
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[REF-44] Michael Howard, David LeBlanc and John Viega. "24 Deadly Sins of Software Security". "Sin 17: Failure to Protect Stored Data." Page 253. McGraw-Hill. 2010.
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