CWE-556: ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation
Description
Configuring an ASP.NET application to run with impersonated credentials may give the application unnecessary privileges.
The use of impersonated credentials allows an ASP.NET application to run with either the privileges of the client on whose behalf it is executing or with arbitrary privileges granted in its configuration.
- Abstraction
- VariantA weakness tied to a specific language, technology or resource.
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Status
- Incomplete
Common consequences
- Access Control
Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
Potential mitigations
- Architecture and Design
Use the least privilege principle.
Related weaknesses
Parent weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns that exploit it
CWE 4.20 links no CAPEC attack pattern to this weakness.