CWE-689 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-689: Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy

Overview

CWE-689 (Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy) 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, while copying or cloning a resource, does not set the resource's permissions or access control until the copy is complete, leaving the resource exposed to other spheres while the copy is taking place.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language C Undetermined
language Perl Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2025-0087 2025-09-04 In onCreate of UninstallerActivity.java, there is a possible way to uninstall a different user's app due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additio…
CVE-2025-40909 2025-05-30 Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is…
CVE-2022-28768 2022-11-17 The Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this v…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2008-04-11
Version
Draft 9

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Other_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated References
2014-06-23 CWE Content Team 2.7 updated Modes_of_Introduction, Other_Notes
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
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