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Improper Access Control

CVE-2015-7265

High
7.5/10

Summary

Facebook Proxygen before 2015-11-09 mismanages HTTPMessage.request state, which allows remote attackers to conduct hijacking attacks and bypass ACL checks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published