Detail CWE-422

CWE-422

Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
Draft
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
CWE Mitre.org
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Nama: Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel

The product does not properly verify the source of a message in the Windows Messaging System while running at elevated privileges, creating an alternate channel through which an attacker can directly send a message to the product.

Informasi Umum

Mode Pengenalan

Architecture and Design

Platform yang Berlaku

Bahasa

Kelas: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Konsekuensi Umum

Cakupan Dampak Kemungkinan
Access ControlGain Privileges or Assume Identity, Bypass Protection Mechanism

Contoh yang Diamati

Referensi Deskripsi

CVE-2002-0971

Bypass GUI and access restricted dialog box.

CVE-2002-1230

Gain privileges via Windows message.

CVE-2003-0350

A control allows a change to a pointer for a callback function using Windows message.

CVE-2003-0908

Product launches Help functionality while running with raised privileges, allowing command execution using Windows message to access "open file" dialog.

CVE-2004-0213

Attacker uses Shatter attack to bypass GUI-enforced protection for CVE-2003-0908.

CVE-2004-0207

User can call certain API functions to modify certain properties of privileged programs.

Mitigasi yang Memungkinkan

Phases : Architecture and Design
Always verify and authenticate the source of the message.

Catatan Pemetaan Kerentanan

Justifikasi : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentar : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Catatan

Overlaps privilege errors and UI errors.

Referensi

REF-402

Exploiting design flaws in the Win32 API for privilege escalation. Or... Shatter Attacks - How to break Windows
Paget.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060115174629/http://security.tombom.co.uk/shatter.html

REF-62

The Art of Software Security Assessment
Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh.

REF-62

The Art of Software Security Assessment
Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh.

Pengajuan

Nama Organisasi Tanggal Tanggal rilis Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Modifikasi

Nama Organisasi Tanggal Komentar
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-10-14 +00:00 updated Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes, Research_Gaps
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated References, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Alternate_Terms, Name
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