CWE-421: Race Condition During Access to Alternate Channel

Description

The product opens an alternate channel to communicate with an authorized user, but the channel is accessible to other actors.

Submission Date :

July 19, 2006, midnight

Modification Date :

2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00

Organization :

MITRE
Extended Description

This creates a race condition that allows an attacker to access the channel before the authorized user does.

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