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Attack Pattern

Exploitation of Improperly Configured or Implemented Memory Protections

CAPEC-679 · Detailed · Draft
An adversary takes advantage of missing or incorrectly configured access control within memory to read/write data or inject malicious code into said memory.
likelihood: Medium severity: Very High
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Targets These Weaknesses (CWE)

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The underlying weaknesses this attack pattern exploits. Follow into a CWE to see affected CVEs and its relationship tree.
CWE-1222Insufficient Granularity of Address Regions Protected by Register Locks
CWE-1252CPU Hardware Not Configured to Support Exclusivity of Write and Execute Operations
CWE-1257Improper Access Control Applied to Mirrored or Aliased Memory Regions
CWE-1260Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges
CWE-1274Improper Access Control for Volatile Memory Containing Boot Code
CWE-1282Assumed-Immutable Data is Stored in Writable Memory
CWE-1312Missing Protection for Mirrored Regions in On-Chip Fabric Firewall
CWE-1316Fabric-Address Map Allows Programming of Unwarranted Overlaps of Protected and Unprotected Ranges
CWE-1326Missing Immutable Root of Trust in Hardware
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