Detail CWE-13

Storing a plaintext password in a configuration file allows anyone who can read the file access to the password-protected resource making them an easy target for attackers.

Mode Pengenalan

Architecture and Design
Implementation

Platform yang Berlaku

Bahasa

Nama: ASP.NET (Undetermined)

Konsekuensi Umum

Mitigasi yang Memungkinkan

Phases : Implementation
Credentials stored in configuration files should be encrypted, Use standard APIs and industry accepted algorithms to encrypt the credentials stored in configuration files.

Metode Deteksi

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.)

Catatan Pemetaan Kerentanan

Justifikasi : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentar : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Referensi

REF-6

Seven Pernicious Kingdoms: A Taxonomy of Software Security Errors
Katrina Tsipenyuk, Brian Chess, Gary McGraw.
https://cwe.mitre.org/documents/sources/SevenPerniciousKingdoms.pdf

REF-103

How To: Encrypt Configuration Sections in ASP.NET 2.0 Using DPAPI
Microsoft Corporation.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/msp-n-p/ff647398(v=pandp.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

REF-104

How To: Encrypt Configuration Sections in ASP.NET 2.0 Using RSA
Microsoft Corporation.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/msp-n-p/ff650304(v=pandp.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

REF-105

.NET Framework Developer's Guide - Securing Connection Strings
Microsoft Corporation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/89211k9b(VS.80).aspx

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