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CWE-667: Improper Locking, page 8

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The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

What the weakness is: CWE-667 at MITRE. All weaknesses

Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 3
  • CAPEC-25 Forced Deadlock Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-26 Leveraging Race Conditions Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-27 Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-667, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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