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.
Also known as Shatter.
A kind of CWE-420 Unprotected Alternate Channel.
From the CWE List. © The MITRE Corporation.
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- humming heads inc. defense platform home edition, hummingheads defense platform +1 more Unprotected Windows messaging channel ('Shatter') issue exists in Defense Platform Home Edition... 6.5 Medium