COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONIncomplete

CWE-922

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

The product stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors.

Soyutlama

Class

Yapı

Simple

Sömürü İhtimali

Medium

Problemi anla

Problem nedir?

The product stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors.

Genişletilmiş açıklama

If read access is not properly restricted, then attackers can steal the sensitive information. If write access is not properly restricted, then attackers can modify and possibly delete the data, causing incorrect results and possibly a denial of service.

Kök neden

Problem nasıl ve ne zaman oluşur?

Yaşam döngüsü evresi

Architecture and Design

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

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Implementation

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System Configuration

Risk

Başarılı sömürü neye yol açar?

Read Application DataRead Files or Directories

Etkilenen güvenlik alanları: Confidentiality

Attackers can read sensitive information by accessing the unrestricted storage mechanism.
Modify Application DataModify Files or Directories

Etkilenen güvenlik alanları: Integrity

Attackers can overwrite sensitive information by accessing the unrestricted storage mechanism.

Savunma

Nasıl önlenir ve çözülür?

  • Follow secure coding guidelines for input handling and boundary checking.
  • Enforce strict security reviews and automated static analysis (SAST) checks.

Doğrulama

Nasıl tespit edilir?

Automated Static Analysis

High
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.)