CWE-260 詳細

The product stores a password in a configuration file that might be accessible to actors who do not know the password.

導入モード

Architecture and Design : OMISSION: This weakness is caused by missing a security tactic during the architecture and design phase.
Implementation

適用可能なプラットフォーム

言語

クラス： Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

一般的な結果

観察された例

潜在的な緩和策

Phases : Architecture and Design
Avoid storing passwords in easily accessible locations.
Phases : Architecture and Design
Consider storing cryptographic hashes of passwords as an alternative to storing in plaintext.

検出方法

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.)
有効性 : High

脆弱性マッピングノート

理由 : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
コメント : 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.

参考文献

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-207

Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way
John Viega, Gary McGraw.

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