Weakness · High
CWE-556: ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation
What it is
Configuring an ASP.NET application to run with impersonated credentials may give the application unnecessary privileges.
- Severity (our rating)
- High
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Implementation, Operation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
In more detail
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.
What an attacker can do
- Gain Privileges or Assume Identity (Access Control)
How to prevent it
Architecture and Design
- Use the least privilege principle.
H2 Security
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