Exposure of Access Control List Files to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

The product stores access control list files in a directory or other container that is accessible to actors outside of the intended control sphere.


Description

Exposure of these access control list files may give the attacker information about the configuration of the site or system. This information may then be used to bypass the intended security policy or identify trusted systems from which an attack can be launched.

See Also

Comprehensive Categorization: Exposed Resource

Weaknesses in this category are related to exposed resource.

Authorize Actors

Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and architecture of a system's authorization components. Frequently these deal with enforcing that agents have th...

SFP Secondary Cluster: Exposed Data

This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Exposed Data cluster (SFP23).

Comprehensive CWE Dictionary

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


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