CWE-667 Improper Locking – Detailed Weakness Analysis

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CAPEC Patterns referencing CWE-667

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Related Weaknesses

Forced Deadlock

CWE-412	Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock
CWE-567	Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context
CWE-662	Improper Synchronization
CWE-667	Improper Locking
CWE-833	Deadlock
CWE-1322	Use of Blocking Code in Single-threaded, Non-blocking Context

Leveraging Race Conditions

CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-363	Race Condition Enabling Link Following
CWE-366	Race Condition within a Thread
CWE-368	Context Switching Race Condition
CWE-370	Missing Check for Certificate Revocation after Initial Check
CWE-662	Improper Synchronization
CWE-665	Improper Initialization
CWE-667	Improper Locking
CWE-689	Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy
CWE-1223	Race Condition for Write-Once Attributes
CWE-1254	Incorrect Comparison Logic Granularity
CWE-1298	Hardware Logic Contains Race Conditions

Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links

CWE-61	UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CWE-367	Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE-662	Improper Synchronization
CWE-667	Improper Locking
CWE-689	Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy

About CWE-667: Improper Locking

CWE-667 is one of the established Common Weakness Enumerations that identifies a specific type of vulnerability in software. Detailed analysis of CWE-667 helps organizations understand the risks associated with this weakness and implement effective countermeasures.

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