CWE-267
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
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A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.
Status
incomplete
Abstraction
base
Affected Platforms
Technical Details
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Common Consequences
access control
Impacts
gain privileges or assume identity
Potential Mitigations
Phases:
architecture and design
operation
Descriptions:
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Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
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Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.