CWE-285Improper Authorization

Description

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Common consequences

• Confidentiality→Read Application Data,Read Files or Directories
  An attacker could read sensitive data, either by reading the data directly from a data store that is not properly restricted, or by accessing insufficiently-protected, privileged functionality to read the data.
• Integrity→Modify Application Data,Modify Files or Directories
  An attacker could modify sensitive data, either by writing the data directly to a data store that is not properly restricted, or by accessing insufficiently-protected, privileged functionality to write the data.
• Access Control→Gain Privileges or Assume Identity,Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
  When access control checks are not applied consistently - or not at all - an attacker could gain privileges and execute unauthorized code or commands by modifying or reading critical data directly, or by accessing insufficiently-protected,

Potential mitigations

• Architecture and Design
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  Ensure that you perform access control checks related to your business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that you apply to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to
• Architecture and Design
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• System Configuration,Installation
  Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.

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