Détail du CWE-1177

The product uses a function, library, or third party component that has been explicitly prohibited, whether by the developer or the customer.

The developer - or customers - may wish to restrict or eliminate use of a function, library, or third party component for any number of reasons, including real or suspected vulnerabilities; difficulty to use securely; export controls or license requirements; obsolete or poorly-maintained code; internal code being scheduled for deprecation; etc.

To reduce risk of vulnerabilities, the developer might maintain a list of "banned" functions that programmers must avoid using because the functions are difficult or impossible to use securely. This issue can also make the product more costly and difficult to maintain.

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Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

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Méthodes de détection

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Efficacité : High

Notes de cartographie des vulnérabilités

Justification : This CWE entry is a Class and might have Base-level children that would be more appropriate
Commentaire : Examine children of this entry to see if there is a better fit

Références

REF-1009

Microsoft's Free Security Tools - banned.h
Tim Rains.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2012/08/30/microsofts-free-security-tools-banned-h/

REF-1010

Microsoft's Free Security Tools - banned.h
Michael Howard.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2012/08/30/microsofts-free-security-tools-banned-h/

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