Race Condition During Access to Alternate Channel

The product opens an alternate channel to communicate with an authorized user, but the channel is accessible to other actors.


Description

This creates a race condition that allows an attacker to access the channel before the authorized user does.

See Also

Comprehensive Categorization: Access Control

Weaknesses in this category are related to access control.

SFP Secondary Cluster: Channel Attack

This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Channel Attack cluster.

Concurrency Issues

Weaknesses in this category are related to concurrent use of shared resources.

Comprehensive CWE Dictionary

This view (slice) covers all the elements in CWE.

Weaknesses Introduced During Design

This view (slice) lists weaknesses that can be introduced during design.

Weakness Base Elements

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