CWE-276 Detail

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions
Gemiddeld
Draft
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
2026-01-21
00h00 +00:00
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Naam: Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Algemene informatie

Introductiemodi

Architecture and Design
Implementation
Installation
Operation

Toepasselijke platforms

Taal

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Technologieën

Class: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)
Class: ICS/OT (Undetermined)

Veelvoorkomende gevolgen

Bereik Impact Waarschijnlijkheid
Confidentiality
Integrity		Read Application Data, Modify Application Data

Waargenomen voorbeelden

Referenties Beschrijving

CVE-2005-1941

Executables installed world-writable.

CVE-2002-1713

Home directories installed world-readable.

CVE-2001-1550

World-writable log files allow information loss; world-readable file has cleartext passwords.

CVE-2002-1711

World-readable directory.

CVE-2002-1844

Windows product uses insecure permissions when installing on Solaris (genesis: port error).

CVE-2001-0497

Insecure permissions for a shared secret key file. Overlaps cryptographic problem.

CVE-1999-0426

Default permissions of a device allow IP spoofing.

Mogelijke risicobeperkingen

Phases : Architecture and Design // Operation
The architecture needs to access and modification attributes for files to only those users who actually require those actions.
Phases : Architecture and Design

Detectiemethoden

Automated Static Analysis - Binary or Bytecode

Effectiviteit : SOAR Partial

Manual Static Analysis - Binary or Bytecode

Effectiviteit : SOAR Partial

Dynamic Analysis with Automated Results Interpretation

Effectiviteit : SOAR Partial

Dynamic Analysis with Manual Results Interpretation

Effectiviteit : High

Manual Static Analysis - Source Code

Effectiviteit : High

Automated Static Analysis - Source Code

Effectiviteit : SOAR Partial

Automated Static Analysis

Effectiviteit : SOAR Partial

Architecture or Design Review

Effectiviteit : High

Notities kwetsbaarheidsmapping

Rechtvaardiging : 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.
Opmerking : 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.

Gerelateerde aanvalspatronen

CAPEC-ID Naam aanvalspatroon
CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by an authorization framework. This framework maps Access Control Lists (ACLs) to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application, or can run queries for data that they otherwise not supposed to.
CAPEC-127 Directory Indexing
An adversary crafts a request to a target that results in the target listing/indexing the content of a directory as output. One common method of triggering directory contents as output is to construct a request containing a path that terminates in a directory name rather than a file name since many applications are configured to provide a list of the directory's contents when such a request is received. An adversary can use this to explore the directory tree on a target as well as learn the names of files. This can often end up revealing test files, backup files, temporary files, hidden files, configuration files, user accounts, script contents, as well as naming conventions, all of which can be used by an attacker to mount additional attacks.
CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering
Web Logs Tampering attacks involve an attacker injecting, deleting or otherwise tampering with the contents of web logs typically for the purposes of masking other malicious behavior. Additionally, writing malicious data to log files may target jobs, filters, reports, and other agents that process the logs in an asynchronous attack pattern. This pattern of attack is similar to "Log Injection-Tampering-Forging" except that in this case, the attack is targeting the logs of the web server and not the application.

Notities

As of CWE 4.19, this entry is being considered for deprecation or significant revision. Its name and description are inconsistent. The name is more general, and the description is more specific. The description emphasizes the installation phase only; mentions only files; and emphasizes modification of those files. The name applies to any type of resource, does not mention the specific permissions, and could be relevant to any SDLC phase.

Referenties

REF-62

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

REF-1479

State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation
Gregory Larsen, E. Kenneth Hong Fong, David A. Wheeler, Rama S. Moorthy.
https://www.ida.org/-/media/feature/publications/s/st/stateoftheart-resources-soar-for-software-vulnerability-detection-test-and-evaluation/p-5061.ashx

REF-1479

State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation
Gregory Larsen, E. Kenneth Hong Fong, David A. Wheeler, Rama S. Moorthy.
https://www.ida.org/-/media/feature/publications/s/st/stateoftheart-resources-soar-for-software-vulnerability-detection-test-and-evaluation/p-5061.ashx

Indiening

Naam Organisatie Datum Releasedatum Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Wijzigingen

Naam Organisatie Datum Opmerking
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-11-24 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-05-27 +00:00 updated Description, Name
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-09-13 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated References, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-05-03 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Causal_Nature, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-06-20 +00:00 updated Relationships, Type
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-08-20 +00:00 updated Description, Modes_of_Introduction, Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-12-10 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-07-20 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-10-28 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-04-28 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-06-28 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-09-09 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Diagram, Maintenance_Notes, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-01-21 +00:00 updated Relationships
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