Weakness · Medium
CWE-1025: Comparison Using Wrong Factors
What it is
The code performs a comparison between two entities, but the comparison examines the wrong factors or characteristics of the entities, which can lead to incorrect results and resultant weaknesses.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Implementation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
What an attacker can do
- Varies by Context (Other)
How to prevent it
Testing
- Thoroughly test the comparison scheme before deploying code into production. Perform positive testing as well as negative testing.
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