Weakness · Medium
CWE-708: Incorrect Ownership Assignment
What it is
The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Architecture and Design, Implementation, Operation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
In more detail
This may allow the resource to be manipulated by actors outside of the intended control sphere.
What an attacker can do
- Read Application Data (Confidentiality, Integrity)
- Modify Application Data (Confidentiality, Integrity)
How to prevent it
Policy
- Periodically review the privileges and their owners.
How to find it
- Automated Analysis. Use automated tools to check for privilege settings.
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