CWE-799 Detail

CWE-799

Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
Incomplete
2010-02-16
00h00 +00:00
2023-06-29
00h00 +00:00
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Name: Improper Control of Interaction Frequency

The product does not properly limit the number or frequency of interactions that it has with an actor, such as the number of incoming requests.

CWE Description

This can allow the actor to perform actions more frequently than expected. The actor could be a human or an automated process such as a virus or bot. This could be used to cause a denial of service, compromise program logic (such as limiting humans to a single vote), or other consequences. For example, an authentication routine might not limit the number of times an attacker can guess a password. Or, a web site might conduct a poll but only expect humans to vote a maximum of once a day.

General Informations

Modes Of Introduction

Architecture and Design
Implementation
Operation

Applicable Platforms

Language

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Common Consequences

Scope Impact Likelihood
Availability
Access Control
Other		DoS: Resource Consumption (Other), Bypass Protection Mechanism, Other

Observed Examples

References Description

CVE-2002-1876

Mail server allows attackers to prevent other users from accessing mail by sending large number of rapid requests.

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Justification : This CWE entry is a Class and might have Base-level children that would be more appropriate
Comment : Examine children of this entry to see if there is a better fit

References

REF-731

Insufficient Anti-automation
Web Application Security Consortium.
http://projects.webappsec.org/Insufficient+Anti-automation

Submission

Name Organization Date Date release Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-01-15 +00:00 2010-02-16 +00:00 1.8

Modifications

Name Organization Date Comment
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-04-05 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-03-29 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-10-28 +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
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes