2009 Top 25 - Porous Defenses
A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.
Summary
Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.
Weaknesses in this category are listed in the "Porous Defenses" section of the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors.
Weaknesses
The software is composed of a server that relies on the client to implement a mechanism that is intended to protect the server.
The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of o...
The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
The use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm is an unnecessary risk that may result in the exposure of sensitive information.
The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to exte...
The software contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components.
The software uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.
Concepts
Deprecated or Obsolete
CWE entries in this view (graph) are listed in the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the Top 25 is availa...
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