Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
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CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls is a Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entry maintained by MITRE. Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
A CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) like CWE-264 describes a category of software weakness — the underlying flaw type. A CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) identifies a specific, real-world vulnerability in a particular product. In short, a CWE is the kind of mistake, and a CVE is an instance of that mistake being found in software.