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CWE-689 — Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-689

CWE-689: Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Compound
Status Draft
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The product, while copying or cloning a resource, does not set the resource's permissions or access control until the copy is complete, leaving the resource exposed to other spheres while the copy is taking place.

Common consequences

  • Confidentiality, Integrity: Read Application Data, Modify Application Data

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/689.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html