CWE-1299

Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface

Medium

Description

The lack of protections on alternate paths to access control-protected assets (such as unprotected shadow registers and other external facing unguarded interfaces) allows an attacker to bypass existing protections to the asset that are only performed against the primary path.

Potential Impact

How to Fix

Requirements

Protect assets from accesses against all potential interfaces and alternate paths.

Architecture and Design

Protect assets from accesses against all potential interfaces and alternate paths.

Implementation

Protect assets from accesses against all potential interfaces and alternate paths.

Related Weaknesses

References

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