CAPEC-166 : Force the System to Reset Values
An attacker forces the target into a previous state in order to leverage potential weaknesses in the target dependent upon a prior configuration or state-dependent factors. Even in cases where an attacker may not be able to directly control the configuration of the targeted application, they may be able to reset the configuration to a prior state since many applications implement reset functions.
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The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
Hardware description language code incorrectly defines register defaults or hardware Intellectual Property (IP) parameters to insecure values.
Register lock bit protection disables changes to system configuration once the bit is set. Some of the protected registers or lock bits become programmable after power state transitions (e.g., Entry and wake from low power sleep modes) causing the system configuration to be changeable.
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