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CWE-368: Context Switching Race Condition
Weakness ID : 368
Structure : Simple
Abstraction : Base
Description
A product performs a series of non-atomic actions to switch between contexts that cross privilege
or other security boundaries, but a race condition allows an attacker to modify or misrepresent the
product's behavior during the switch.
Extended Description
This is commonly seen in web browser vulnerabilities in which the attacker can perform certain
actions while the browser is transitioning from a trusted to an untrusted domain, or vice versa, and
the browser performs the actions on one domain using the trust level and resources of the other
domain.
Relationships
The table(s) below shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this
weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOr and give insight to
similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction. In addition, relationships such
as PeerOf and CanAlsoBe are defined to show similar weaknesses that may want to be explored.
Relevant to the view "Research Concepts" (CWE-1000)
Nature Type ID Name Page
ChildOf 362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper
Synchronization ('Race Condition')