COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDraft

CWE-420

Unprotected Alternate Channel

The product protects a primary channel, but it does not use the same level of protection for an alternate channel.

Abstraction

Base

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

The product protects a primary channel, but it does not use the same level of protection for an alternate channel.

Root cause

How and when does the problem arise?

Lifecycle phase

Architecture and Design

OMISSION: This weakness is caused by missing a security tactic during the architecture and design phase.

Lifecycle phase

Implementation

Lifecycle phase

Operation

Risk

What does successful exploitation lead to?

Gain Privileges or Assume IdentityBypass Protection Mechanism

Affected security scopes: Access Control

Defence

How is it prevented and fixed?

Architecture and Design

Architecture and design approach

Detail
Identify all alternate channels and use the same protection mechanisms that are used for the primary channels.