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CWE-433 Individual Dictionary Definition (Draft 9)

Unparsed Raw Web Content Delivery
Weakness ID
Status: Incomplete

433 (Weakness Variant)

Description

Summary

Raw content or supporting code is stored under the web root with an extension that is not specially handled by the server such as ".inc" or ".pl", causing the content or code to be delivered to the user without the pre-processing that was expected, typically resulting in an information leak.

Observed Examples
ReferenceDescription
CVE-2002-1886".inc" file stored under web document root and returned unparsed by the server
CVE-2002-2065".inc" file stored under web document root and returned unparsed by the server
CVE-2005-2029".inc" file stored under web document root and returned unparsed by the server
SECUNIA:11394".inc" file stored under web document root and returned unparsed by the server
CVE-2001-0330direct request to .pl file leaves it unparsed
CVE-2002-0614.inc file
CVE-2004-2353unparsed config.conf file
CVE-2007-3365Chain: uppercase file extensions causes web server to return script source code instead of executing the script.
Context Notes

This can overlap containment errors, but it is not necessarily the same thing.

Also overlaps direct requests, alternate path, permissions, sensitive file under web root

Relationships
NatureTypeIDName
ChildOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base430Deployment of Wrong Handler
ChildOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base431Missing Handler
CanFollowWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base178Failure to Resolve Case Sensitivity
Source Taxonomies

PLOVER - Unparsed Raw Web Content Delivery

Applicable Platforms

All

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