Weakness · CWE-285
Improper Authorization
The system checks who you are but not whether you're allowed to do what you're asking.
Official CWE name. Full definition on cwe.mitre.org
How attackers exploit it
Typical ATT&CK techniques for this class of weakness across CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CTID mapping).
How it's exploited
What the attacker gets
Controls that stop it
NIST SP 800-53 controls that mitigate the most of those techniques.
- SI-4System MonitoringSystem and Information Integrity · mitigates 8 techniques
- AC-2Account ManagementAccess Control · mitigates 7 techniques
- AC-6Least PrivilegeAccess Control · mitigates 7 techniques
- CA-7Continuous MonitoringSecurity Assessment and Authorization · mitigates 7 techniques
- CM-6Configuration SettingsConfiguration Management · mitigates 7 techniques
- SI-3Malicious Code ProtectionSystem and Information Integrity · mitigates 7 techniques
- AC-3Access EnforcementAccess Control · mitigates 6 techniques
- AC-5Separation of DutiesAccess Control · mitigates 5 techniques
- CM-2Baseline ConfigurationConfiguration Management · mitigates 5 techniques
- CM-5Access Restrictions for ChangeConfiguration Management · mitigates 5 techniques
Weaknesses from each CVE's CVE Record (CWE, © MITRE). Techniques: MITRE ATT&CK®. Technique ↔ control and CVE ↔ technique links: Center for Threat-Informed Defense Mappings Explorer (NIST SP 800-53 rev5; CISA KEV). Plain-language explainers are SecurityTabs editorial.