Szczegóły CWE-842

CWE-842

Placement of User into Incorrect Group
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2011-03-30
00h00 +00:00
2025-12-11
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Nazwa: Placement of User into Incorrect Group

The product or the administrator places a user into an incorrect group.

Opis CWE

If the incorrect group has more access or privileges than the intended group, the user might be able to bypass intended security policy to access unexpected resources or perform unexpected actions. The access-control system might not be able to detect malicious usage of this group membership.

Informacje ogólne

Sposoby wprowadzenia

Implementation
Operation

Odpowiednie platformy

Język

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Technologie

Class: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

Typowe konsekwencje

Zakres Wpływ Prawdopodobieństwo
Access ControlGain Privileges or Assume Identity

Zaobserwowane przykłady

Odniesienia Opis

CVE-1999-1193

Operating system assigns user to privileged wheel group, allowing the user to gain root privileges.

CVE-2010-3716

Chain: drafted web request allows the creation of users with arbitrary group membership.

CVE-2008-5397

Chain: improper processing of configuration options causes users to contain unintended group memberships.

CVE-2007-6644

CMS does not prevent remote administrators from promoting other users to the administrator group, in violation of the intended security model.

CVE-2007-3260

Product assigns members to the root group, allowing escalation of privileges.

CVE-2002-0080

Chain: daemon does not properly clear groups before dropping privileges.

Uwagi dotyczące mapowania podatności

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Komentarz : 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.

Zgłoszenie

Nazwa Organizacja Data Data wydania Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-03-24 +00:00 2011-03-30 +00:00 1.12

Modyfikacje

Nazwa Organizacja Data Komentarz
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
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 Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities