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ID

CWE Grouping: DEPRECATED: Windows Path Link Problems

Grouping ID: 63
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
This category has been deprecated. It covered a very low level of abstraction based on operating system, which was not useful for any existing view.
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage PROHIBITED
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reasons Grouping, Deprecated

Rationale

This CWE has been deprecated. It is also 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 the summary, which might have suggestions for other CWEs to consider.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2006-07-19
(CWE Draft 3, 2006-07-19)
CWE Community
Submitted by members of the CWE community to extend early CWE versions
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2026-10-28
(CWE 5.0, 2026-10-28)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2017-11-08
(CWE 3.0, 2017-11-08)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Name, Relationships, Type
2008-09-08
(CWE 1.0, 2008-09-09)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
+ Previous Entry Names
Change Date Previous Entry Name
2017-11-08 Windows Path Link Problems
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