CWE-281 Detail

CWE-281

Name

Improper Preservation of Permissions

Status

Draft

Published

2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00

Modified

2023-06-29
00h00 +00:00

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Name: Improper Preservation of Permissions

The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

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Modes Of Introduction

Implementation : REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.
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Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Common Consequences

Scope	Impact	Likelihood
Confidentiality Integrity	Read Application Data, Modify Application Data

Observed Examples

References	Description
CVE-2002-2323	Incorrect ACLs used when restoring backups from directories that use symbolic links.
CVE-2001-1515	Automatic modification of permissions inherited from another file system.
CVE-2005-1920	Permissions on backup file are created with defaults, possibly less secure than original file.
CVE-2001-0195	File is made world-readable when being cloned.

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Justification : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Comment : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Submission

Name	Organization	Date	Date release	Version
PLOVER		2006-07-19 +00:00	2006-07-19 +00:00	Draft 3

Modifications

Name	Organization	Date	Comment
Eric Dalci	Cigital	2008-07-01 +00:00	updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-09-08 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2009-05-27 +00:00	updated Description, Name
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-11-08 +00:00	updated Applicable_Platforms, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2019-06-20 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-01-31 +00:00	updated Description
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes