Category: 2009 Top 25 - Porous Defenses
Obsolete
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are listed in the "Porous Defenses" section of the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-250 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges | This vulnerability occurs when software runs with higher permissions than it actually needs to perform its tasks. This excessive privilege creates security risks by opening doors to new attacks or making existing weaknesses more dangerous. |
| CWE-259 | Use of Hard-coded Password | This vulnerability occurs when an application embeds a password directly into its source code or configuration files. This hard-coded secret is then used either to authenticate incoming users or to connect to external services and databases. |
| CWE-285 | Improper Authorization | This vulnerability occurs when an application fails to properly verify whether a user has permission to access specific data or perform certain actions before allowing the request. |
| CWE-327 | Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm | The software relies on a cryptographic algorithm or protocol that is either fundamentally flawed or considered too weak by modern security standards. |
| CWE-330 | Use of Insufficiently Random Values | This vulnerability occurs when an application uses random values that are not sufficiently unpredictable in security-sensitive operations, making them easier for attackers to guess or calculate. |
| CWE-602 | Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security | This vulnerability occurs when a server incorrectly trusts the client to enforce critical security rules, such as input validation or access controls, instead of performing these checks itself. |
| CWE-732 | Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource | This vulnerability occurs when a system grants overly permissive access to a sensitive resource, allowing unauthorized users or processes to read or alter it. |
| CWE-798 | Use of Hard-coded Credentials | This vulnerability occurs when software contains built-in, unchangeable authentication secrets like passwords or encryption keys within its source code or configuration files. |
| CWE-750 | Weaknesses in the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors | 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 This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the Top 25 is available. |
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