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CWE-349 Individual Dictionary Definition (Draft 9)

Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
Weakness ID
Status: Draft

349 (Weakness Base)

Description

Summary

The software, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.

Observed Examples
ReferenceDescription
CVE-2002-0018Does not verify that trusted entity is authoritative for all entities in its response.
Relationships
NatureTypeIDName
ChildOfWeakness ClassWeakness ClassWeakness Class345Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Source Taxonomies

PLOVER - Untrusted Data Appended with Trusted Data

Applicable Platforms

All

Related Attack Patterns
CAPEC-IDAttack Pattern Name
75Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files
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