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CAPEC™ 122: Privilege Abuse Description An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.
Source: CAPEC™ 122
ASVS (5.0): 1.2.3 , 10.2.3 , 13.2.2 , 13.3.2 , 15.3.1 , 16.3.2 , 16.3.3 , 5.4.3 , 8.1.1 , 8.1.2 , 8.2.1 , 8.2.2 , 8.2.3
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