COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDraft

CWE-317

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within the GUI.

Soyutlama

Variant

Yapı

Simple

Sömürü İhtimali

Medium

Problemi anla

Problem nedir?

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within the GUI.

Genişletilmiş açıklama

An attacker can often obtain data from a GUI, even if hidden, by using an API to directly access GUI objects such as windows and menus. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.

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.

Risk

Başarılı sömürü neye yol açar?

Read MemoryRead Application Data

Etkilenen güvenlik alanları: Confidentiality

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.