CWE-556 - ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation
CWE-556
- Abstraction:
- Variant
- Structure:
- Simple
- Status:
- Incomplete
- Weakness Name
ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation
- Description
Configuring an ASP.NET application to run with impersonated credentials may give the application unnecessary privileges.
The use of impersonated credentials allows an ASP.NET application to run with either the privileges of the client on whose behalf it is executing or with arbitrary privileges granted in its configuration.
- Common Consequences
Scope: Access Control
Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
- Related Weaknesses
- Release Date:
- 2006-07-19
- Latest Modification Date:
- 2023-06-29
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