Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-422

    CWE-422: Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel

    The product does not properly verify the source of a message in the Windows Messaging System while running at elevated privileges, creating an alternate channel through which an attacker can directly send a message to the product.

    Published:19 Jul 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:28 Oct 2026

    Related Weakness

    CWE-420: Unprotected Alternate Channel

    CWE-360: Trust of System Event Data