CWE-1316 Detail

CWE-1316

Fabric-Address Map Allows Programming of Unwarranted Overlaps of Protected and Unprotected Ranges
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2020-12-10
00h00 +00:00
2025-12-11
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Nome: Fabric-Address Map Allows Programming of Unwarranted Overlaps of Protected and Unprotected Ranges

The address map of the on-chip fabric has protected and unprotected regions overlapping, allowing an attacker to bypass access control to the overlapping portion of the protected region.

General Informations

Modes Of Introduction

Architecture and Design
Implementation

Piattaforme applicabili

Linguaggio

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Sistemi operativi

Class: Not OS-Specific (Undetermined)

Architetture

Class: Not Architecture-Specific (Undetermined)

Tecnologie

Name: Bus/Interface Hardware (Undetermined)
Class: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

Conseguenze comuni

Ambito Impatto Probabilità
Confidentiality
Integrity
Access Control
Authorization
Bypass Protection Mechanism, Read Memory, Modify MemoryMedium

Esempi osservati

Riferimenti Descrizione

CVE-2009-4419

Attacker can modify MCHBAR register to overlap with an attacker-controlled region, which modification prevents the SENTER instruction from properly applying VT-d protection while a Measured Launch Environment is being launched.

Potential Mitigations

Phases : Architecture and Design
When architecting the address map of the chip, ensure that protected and unprotected ranges are isolated and do not overlap. When designing, ensure that ranges hardcoded in Register-Transfer Level (RTL) do not overlap.
Phases : Implementation
Ranges configured by firmware should not overlap. If overlaps are mandatory because of constraints such as a limited number of registers, then ensure that no assets are present in the overlapped portion.
Phases : Testing
Validate mitigation actions with robust testing.

Detection Methods

Automated Dynamic Analysis

Review address map in specification to see if there are any overlapping ranges.
Effectiveness : High

Manual Static Analysis

Negative testing of access control on overlapped ranges.
Effectiveness : High

Note sulla mappatura delle vulnerabilità

Giustificazione : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Commento : 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.

Pattern di attacco correlati

CAPEC-ID Nome del pattern di attacco
CAPEC-456 Infected Memory
An adversary inserts malicious logic into memory enabling them to achieve a negative impact. This logic is often hidden from the user of the system and works behind the scenes to achieve negative impacts. This pattern of attack focuses on systems already fielded and used in operation as opposed to systems that are still under development and part of the supply chain.
CAPEC-679 Exploitation of Improperly Configured or Implemented Memory Protections

Note

As of CWE 4.6, CWE-1260 and CWE-1316 are siblings under view 1000, but CWE-1260 might be a parent of CWE-1316. More analysis is warranted.

Riferimenti

REF-1137

BARing the System - New vulnerabilities in Coreboot & UEFI-based Systems
Yuriy Bulygin, Oleksandr Bazhaniuk, Andrew Furtak, John Loucaides, Mikhail Gorobets.
https://www.c7zero.info/stuff/REConBrussels2017_BARing_the_system.pdf

Invio

Nome Organizzazione Data Data di rilascio Version
Arun Kanuparthi, Hareesh Khattri, Parbati Kumar Manna Intel Corporation 2020-06-01 +00:00 2020-12-10 +00:00 4.3

Modifiche

Nome Organizzazione Data Commento
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-10-28 +00:00 updated Maintenance_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-04-28 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-06-28 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-10-13 +00:00 updated References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
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