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CWE-274 — Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-274

CWE-274: Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Base
Status Draft
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.

Common consequences

  • Other: Other, Alter Execution Logic

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/274.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html