Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel ('Shatter')

Properties

id: d3f:CWE-422

name
Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel ('Shatter')
definition
The product does not properly verify the source of a message in the Windows Messaging System while running at elevated privileges, creating an alternate channel through which an attacker can directly send a message to the product.
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Neighbors

CWE-422 has no direct neighbors in this release.

Inferred Relationships

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Related Countermeasure Techniques

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