General Information

Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation

Variants:
Direct Persistent Session 

Also Known As:
Client-Controlled Role Manipulation, Authorization Bypass via via Parameter Tampering

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Secure Design

Invented In:
01/02/2000

Added In:
09/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
Attackers can bypass the authorization enforcement mechanism by manipulating client-originating privilege and role variables that the application relies on to determine the user


Direct Variant:

Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation

Variant Title:
Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation

Typical Severity:
Critical

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Persistent Variant:

Stored Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation

Also Known As:
Persistent Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation

Typical Severity:
Critical

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Session Variant:

Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation via Session Poisoning

Also Known As:
Session Client Controlled Privilege Manipulation

Typical Severity:
Critical

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