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CWE-514Covert Channel

Category: other

Description

A covert channel is a path that can be used to transfer information in a way not intended by the system's designers. Typically the system has not given authorization for the transmission and has no knowledge of its occurrence.

Common consequences· 1

  • Confidentiality / Access Control — Read Application Data, Bypass Protection Mechanism

Related CAPEC attack patterns· 1

CAPEC-463

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/514.html

Exploits (incoming)1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
AttackPatternPadding Oracle Crypto Attackcapec-463100%live

Related by meaning· 6

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

CWE
Covert Timing Channel
CWE
Covert Storage Channel
CWE
DEPRECATED: Covert Timing Channel
CWE
Trapdoor
Technique
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
CWE
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.