CWE-1233
Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection
The product uses a register lock bit protection mechanism, but it does not ensure that the lock bit prevents modification of system registers or controls that perform changes to important hardware system configuration.
CVE-2022-23005 (GCVE-0-2022-23005)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
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Mitigation
Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation, Testing
Description:
- Security lock bit protections must be reviewed for design inconsistency and common weaknesses.
- Security lock programming flow and lock properties must be tested in pre-silicon and post-silicon testing.
CAPEC-176: Configuration/Environment Manipulation
An attacker manipulates files or settings external to a target application which affect the behavior of that application. For example, many applications use external configuration files and libraries - modification of these entities or otherwise affecting the application's ability to use them would constitute a configuration/environment manipulation attack.
CAPEC-680: Exploitation of Improperly Controlled Registers
An adversary exploits missing or incorrectly configured access control within registers to read/write data that is not meant to be obtained or modified by a user.