CWE-243 Detail

CWE-243

Creation of chroot Jail Without Changing Working Directory
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
Hoog
Draft
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
Meldingen voor een CWE
Blijf op de hoogte van wijzigingen voor een specifieke CWE.
Meldingen beheren

Naam: Creation of chroot Jail Without Changing Working Directory

The product uses the chroot() system call to create a jail, but it does not change the working directory afterward.

Algemene informatie

Achtergrondinformatie

Introductiemodi

Implementation : REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.

Toepasselijke platforms

Taal

Naam: C (Undetermined)
Naam: C++ (Undetermined)

Besturingssystemen

Klasse: Unix (Undetermined)

Veelvoorkomende gevolgen

Bereik Impact Waarschijnlijkheid
Confidentiality
Integrity
Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories

Opmerking: If the working directory is not changed after the chroot() call, relative paths may still refer to file system resources outside of the jail. Attackers may be able to read or write to files outside of the jail.

Detectiemethoden

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.)
Effectiviteit : High

Notities kwetsbaarheidsmapping

Rechtvaardiging : 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.
Opmerking : 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.

Referenties

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

Indiening

Naam Organisatie Datum Releasedatum Version
7 Pernicious Kingdoms 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Wijzigingen

Naam Organisatie Datum Opmerking
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Background_Details, Description, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-10-14 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-03-10 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-05-27 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-12-13 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Name
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Affected_Resources, Causal_Nature, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Description, References