CWE-414 Detail

CWE-414

Name

Missing Lock Check

Status

Draft

Published

2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00

Modified

2023-06-29
00h00 +00:00

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Name: Missing Lock Check

A product does not check to see if a lock is present before performing sensitive operations on a resource.

General Informations

Modes Of Introduction

Architecture and Design
Implementation

Applicable Platforms

Language

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Common Consequences

Scope	Impact	Likelihood
Integrity Availability	Modify Application Data, DoS: Instability, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Observed Examples

References	Description
CVE-2004-1056	Product does not properly check if a lock is present, allowing other attackers to access functionality.

Potential Mitigations

Phases : Architecture and Design // Implementation
Implement a reliable lock mechanism.

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 Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-09-08 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-10-30 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-11-08 +00:00	updated Applicable_Platforms
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes