Insufficient privileges

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Vulnerabilities Table of Contents

ASDR Table of Contents

Description

A vulnerability is a weakness in an application (frequently a broken or missing control) that enables an attack to succeed. Be sure you don't put [attacks] or [controls] in this category.

1. Start with a one-sentence description of the vulnerability
2. What is the problem that creates the vulnerability?
3. What are the attacks that target this vulnerability?
4. What are the technical impacts of this vulnerability?

Risk Factors

• Talk about the factors that make this vulnerability likely or unlikely to actually happen
• Discuss the technical impact of a successful exploit of this vulnerability
• Consider the likely [business impacts] of a successful attack

Examples

Short example name

A short example description, small picture, or sample code with links

Short example name

A short example description, small picture, or sample code with links

Related Attacks

• Attack 1
• Attack 2

Related Vulnerabilities

• Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
• Fails poorly due to insufficient permissions

Related Controls

• Category:Access Control

Related Technical Impacts

• Technical Impact 1
• Technical Impact 2

References

Note: A reference to related CWE or CAPEC article should be added when exists. Eg:

• CWE 79.
• http://www.link1.com
• Title for the link2