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ID

CWE CATEGORY: SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard - Guidelines 06. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Category ID: 1184
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITEDThis CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) section of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard.
+ Membership
NatureTypeIDName
MemberOfViewView - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries).1178Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard
HasMemberBaseBase - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.767Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

Comments:

See member weaknesses of this category.
+ References
[REF-1017] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard : Rule 06. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=88890501>.
[REF-1025] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard : Rec. 06. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=88890561>.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission DateSubmitterOrganization
2019-01-08
(CWE 3.3, 2019-06-20)
CWE Content TeamMITRE
+ Modifications
Modification DateModifierOrganization
2021-03-15CWE Content TeamMITRE
updated Relationships
2023-04-27CWE Content TeamMITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29CWE Content TeamMITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
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