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This attack is not technically difficult, but does require physical access to some portion of the network over which the sensitive data travels. This access is usually somewhere near where the user is connected to the network (such as a colleague on the company network) but can be anywhere along the path from the user to the end server."}, {"Scope": ["Confidentiality", "Integrity"], "Impact": "Modify Application Data", "Note": "Omitting the use of encryption in any program which transfers data over a network of any kind should be considered on par with delivering the data sent to each user on the local networks of both the sender and receiver. Worse, this omission allows for the injection of data into a stream of communication between two parties -- with no means for the victims to separate valid data from invalid. In this day of widespread network attacks and password collection sniffers, it is an unnecessary risk to omit encryption from the design of any system which might benefit from it."}]}, "Detection_Methods": {"Detection_Method": [{"Method": "Manual Analysis", "Description": "The characterizaton of sensitive data often requires domain-specific understanding, so manual methods are useful. However, manual efforts might not achieve desired code coverage within limited time constraints. 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This can be achieved using public key cryptography, or other techniques in which the encrypting party (i.e., the product) does not need to have access to a private key.", "Two-way (i.e., the encryption can be automatically performed on behalf of a user, but the key must be available so that the plaintext can be automatically recoverable by that user). This requires storage of the private key in a format that is recoverable only by the user (or perhaps by the operating system) in a way that cannot be recovered by others."]}]}}, {"@Mitigation_ID": "MIT-24", "Phase": "Architecture and Design", "Strategy": "Libraries or Frameworks", "Description": {"xhtml:p": ["When there is a need to store or transmit sensitive data, use strong, up-to-date cryptographic algorithms to encrypt that data. Select a well-vetted algorithm that is currently considered to be strong by experts in the field, and use well-tested implementations. As with all cryptographic mechanisms, the source code should be available for analysis.", "For example, US government systems require FIPS 140-2 certification.", "Do not develop custom or private cryptographic algorithms. They will likely be exposed to attacks that are well-understood by cryptographers. Reverse engineering techniques are mature. If the algorithm can be compromised if attackers find out how it works, then it is especially weak.", "Periodically ensure that the cryptography has not become obsolete. Some older algorithms, once thought to require a billion years of computing time, can now be broken in days or hours. This includes MD4, MD5, SHA1, DES, and other algorithms that were once regarded as strong. [REF-267]"]}}, {"@Mitigation_ID": "MIT-46", "Phase": "Architecture and Design", "Strategy": "Separation of Privilege", "Description": {"xhtml:p": ["Compartmentalize the system to have \"safe\" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. 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This exposes the user's login information if their computer is compromised by an attacker. Even if the user's machine is not compromised, this weakness combined with cross-site scripting (CWE-79) could allow an attacker to remotely copy the cookie.", "Also note this example code also exhibits Plaintext Storage in a Cookie (CWE-315)."]}, {"@Demonstrative_Example_ID": "DX-41", "Intro_Text": "The following code attempts to establish a connection, read in a password, then store it to a buffer.", "Example_Code": {"@Nature": "Bad", "@Language": "C", "xhtml:div": {"xhtml:br": [null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null], "xhtml:div": {"@style": "margin-left:1em;", "xhtml:div": {"xhtml:br": [null, null, null], "#text": "write(dfd,password_buffer,n);..."}}, "#text": "server.sin_family = AF_INET; hp = gethostbyname(argv[1]);if (hp==NULL) error(\"Unknown host\");memcpy( (char *)&server.sin_addr,(char *)hp->h_addr,hp->h_length);if (argc < 3) port = 80;else port = (unsigned short)atoi(argv[3]);server.sin_port = htons(port);if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof server) 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public exponent when generating an RSA key, which effectively disables the encryption", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1603"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2009-0964", "Description": "storage of unencrypted passwords in a database", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0964"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-6157", "Description": "storage of unencrypted passwords in a database", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6157"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-6828", "Description": "product stores a password in cleartext in memory", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6828"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-1567", "Description": "storage of a secret key in cleartext in a temporary file", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1567"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-0174", "Description": "SCADA product uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which is not encrypted", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0174"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2007-5778", "Description": "login credentials stored unencrypted in a registry key", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5778"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2002-1949", "Description": "Passwords transmitted in cleartext.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1949"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-4122", "Description": "Chain: Use of HTTPS cookie without \"secure\" flag causes it to be transmitted across unencrypted HTTP.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4122"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-3289", "Description": "Product sends password hash in cleartext in violation of intended policy.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3289"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-4390", "Description": "Remote management feature sends sensitive information including passwords in cleartext.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4390"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2007-5626", "Description": "Backup routine sends password in cleartext in email.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5626"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2004-1852", "Description": "Product transmits Blowfish encryption key in cleartext.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1852"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2008-0374", "Description": "Printer sends configuration information, including administrative password, in cleartext.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0374"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2007-4961", "Description": "Chain: cleartext transmission of the MD5 hash of password enables attacks against a server that is susceptible to replay (CWE-294).", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4961"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2007-4786", "Description": "Product sends passwords in cleartext to a log server.", "Link": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4786"}, {"Reference": "CVE-2005-3140", "Description": "Product sends file with cleartext passwords in e-mail message intended for diagnostic purposes.", "Link": 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Protect Stored Data.\" Page 253"}, {"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-265"}, {"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-62", "@Section": "Chapter 2, \"Common Vulnerabilities of Encryption\", Page 43"}, {"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-267"}, {"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-1479"}]}, "Mapping_Notes": {"Usage": "Discouraged", "Rationale": "CWE-311 is high-level with more specific children available. 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However, encryption does not prevent the attacker from erasing or overwriting the data."}}, "Content_History": {"Submission": {"Submission_Name": "CLASP", "Submission_Date": "2006-07-19", "Submission_Version": "Draft 3", "Submission_ReleaseDate": "2006-07-19"}, "Modification": [{"Modification_Name": "Eric Dalci", "Modification_Organization": "Cigital", "Modification_Date": "2008-07-01", "Modification_Version": "1.0", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2008-09-09", "Modification_Comment": "updated Time_of_Introduction"}, {"Modification_Organization": "Veracode", "Modification_Date": "2008-08-15", "Modification_Version": "1.0", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2008-09-09", "Modification_Comment": "Suggested OWASP Top Ten 2004 mapping"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2008-09-08", "Modification_Version": "1.0", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2008-09-09", "Modification_Comment": "updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, 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