| Name |
Hijacking a privileged process |
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| Likelyhood of attack |
Typical severity |
| Medium |
Medium |
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| Summary |
An attacker gains control of a process that is assigned elevated privileges in order to execute arbitrary code with those privileges. Some processes are assigned elevated privileges on an operating system, usually through association with a particular user, group, or role. If an attacker can hijack this process, they will be able to assume its level of privilege in order to execute their own code. Processes can be hijacked through improper handling of user input (for example, a buffer overflow or certain types of injection attacks) or by utilizing system utilities that support process control that have been inadequately secured. |
| Prerequisites |
The targeted process or operating system must contain a bug that allows attackers to hijack the targeted process. |
| Solutions | |
| Related Weaknesses |
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CWE ID
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Description
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| CWE-648 |
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs |
| CWE-732 |
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource |
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| Related CAPECS |
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CAPEC ID
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Description
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| CAPEC-233 |
An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform. |
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| Taxonomy: ATTACK |
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Entry ID
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Entry Name
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| 1574.005 |
Hijack Execution Flow:Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness |
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