CWE-459

Incomplete Cleanup

Medium

Description

The product does not properly "clean up" and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

Potential Impact

Other: Other

How to Fix

Architecture and Design

Temporary files and other supporting resources should be deleted/released immediately after they are no longer needed.

Detection Methods

Automated Static Analysis: 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 havin...

Related Weaknesses

References

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