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Improper Access Control

CVE-2016-4811

Medium
5.6/10

Summary

The NTT Broadband Platform Japan Connected-free Wi-Fi application 1.15.1 and earlier for Android and 1.13.0 and earlier for iOS allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain API access via unspecified vectors.

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

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