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CWE-377Insecure Temporary File

Category: other

Description

Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack.

Common consequences· 1

  • Confidentiality / Integrity — Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories

Related CAPEC attack patterns· 2

CAPEC-149CAPEC-155

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/377.html

Exploits (incoming)2

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
AttackPatternScreen Temporary Files for Sensitive Informationcapec-155100%live
AttackPatternExplore for Predictable Temporary File Namescapec-149100%live

(incoming)1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-14307cve-2025-143070%live

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CWE
Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
CWE
Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
CWE
Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CAPEC
Screen Temporary Files for Sensitive Information
CWE
Process Control
CWE
Use of Expired File Descriptor
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.