Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

Weakness · CWE-648

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{
  "id": "CWE-648",
  "title": "Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs",
  "type": "Weakness",
  "source_url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/648.html",
  "snapshot": "cwe.xml",
  "status": "Incomplete",
  "rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
  "review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
  "abstraction": "Base",
  "source_version": "4.20"
}

Explicit source assertions (2)

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CAPEC-107 → related_weakness → CWE-648

CAPEC: Catalog mapping; does not establish an incident or actor use

Assertion source · Locator: Attack_Pattern[@ID='107']/Related_Weaknesses

CAPEC-234 → related_weakness → CWE-648

CAPEC: Catalog mapping; does not establish an incident or actor use

Assertion source · Locator: Attack_Pattern[@ID='234']/Related_Weaknesses

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