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confused deputy problem

security problem in which a legitimate, more privileged computer program is tricked by another program into misusing its authority on the system
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confused deputy problem

Summary

confused deputy problem ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • confused deputy problem's subclass of is recorded as privilege escalation[2].
  • confused deputy problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dd84[3].
  • confused deputy problem's CWE ID is recorded as 441[4].
  • confused deputy problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 119097136[5].

Why It Matters

confused deputy problem ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month).[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . cwe.mitre.org. cwe.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). confused deputy problem. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/confused-deputy-problem
MLA “confused deputy problem.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/confused-deputy-problem.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_confused-deputy-problem_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{confused deputy problem}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/confused-deputy-problem}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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