CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

What is CWE-669?

CWE-669 is Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. The flaw arises when the product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource. The database currently holds 45 vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-669 and none of them are in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

OWASP Top 10 Rank-
Related CVES (365 days)45
AbstractionClass
Likelihood of exploit-

Vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-669

45 vulnerabilities2150% increase year over year

No data

No vulnerability data in CISA KEV for CWE-669

Official definition

ByMitre CWE

The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource.

A "control sphere" is a set of resources and behaviors that are accessible to a single actor, or a group of actors. A product's security model will typically define multiple spheres, possibly implicitly. For example, a server might define one sphere for "administrators" who can create new user accounts with subdirectories under /home/server/, and a second sphere might cover the set of users who can create or delete files within their own subdirectories. A third sphere might be "users who are authenticated to the operating system on which the product is installed." Each sphere has different sets of actors and allowable behaviors.

Characteristics

Modes of introduction

  • Architecture and Design
  • Implementation: REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.
  • Operation

Common consequences

ImpactScopeExplanation
Read Application Data, Modify Application Data, Unexpected StateConfidentiality, Integrity-

Representative vulnerabilities

Sources (2)

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