CWE-1262: Improper Access Control for Register Interface
Overview
CWE-1262 (Improper Access Control for Register Interface) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.
Description
The product uses memory-mapped I/O registers that act as an interface to hardware functionality from software, but there is improper access control to those registers.
Applicable platforms
Kind
Name
Class
Prevalence
OS / CPE
language
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Not Language-Specific
Undetermined
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operating_system
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Not OS-Specific
Undetermined
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architecture
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Not Architecture-Specific
Undetermined
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technology
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Not Technology-Specific
Undetermined
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Related CVEs in this database
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 through FW1110.03, FW1060.00 through FW1060.51, and FW950.00 through FW950.F0 may expose a limited amount of data to a peer partition in specific shared processor conf…
In GPU pdma, there is a possible memory corruption due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is nee…
Improper register access control in ASP may allow a privileged attacker to perform unauthorized access to ASP’s Crypto Co-Processor (CCP) registers from x86 resulting in potential loss of control of c…
A vulnerability was found in i-Drive i11 and i12 up to 20250227. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Device Setting Handler. The manipu…
Improper access control in PAM dashboard in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager 2024.2.11 and earlier on Windows allows an authenticated user to bypass the execute permission via the use of the PAM das…
Western Digital has identified a weakness in the UFS standard that could result in a security vulnerability. This vulnerability may exist in some systems where the Host boot ROM code implements the UF…
Previous names
Register Interface Allows Software Access to Sensitive Data or Security Settings(2021-10-28)