CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

Description

The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information.

Potential Impact

Confidentiality: Read Files or Directories

How to Fix

Architecture and Design

Do not expose file and directory information to the user.

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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