Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel ('Shatter')

The product does not properly verify the source of a message in the Windows Messaging System while running at elevated privileges, creating an alternate channel through which an attacker can directly send a message to the product.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.12

  • Identifier

    CWE-422

  • Status

    Draft

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See Also

Comprehensive Categorization: Access Control

Weaknesses in this category are related to access control.

SFP Secondary Cluster: Missing Endpoint Authentication

This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Missing Endpoint Authentication cluster (SFP30).

Comprehensive CWE Dictionary

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