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CWE-1234Hardware Internal or Debug Modes Allow Override of Locks

Category: config

Description

System configuration protection may be bypassed during debug mode.

Common consequences· 1

  • Access Control — Bypass Protection Mechanism
    Bypass of lock bit allows access and modification of system configuration even when the lock bit is set.

Potential mitigations· 1

  • [Architecture and Design, Implementation, Testing]

Related CAPEC attack patterns· 1

CAPEC-176

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1234.html

Exploits (incoming)1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
AttackPatternConfiguration/Environment Manipulationcapec-176100%live

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CWE
Exposure of Sensitive System Information Due to Uncleared Debug Information
CWE
Sensitive Non-Volatile Information Not Protected During Debug
CWE
Hardware Allows Activation of Test or Debug Logic at Runtime
CWE
Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection
CWE
Improper Prevention of Lock Bit Modification
CWE
Insufficient Granularity of Address Regions Protected by Register Locks
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.