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CWE-535Exposure of Information Through Shell Error Message

Category: data-exposure

Description

A command shell error message indicates that there exists an unhandled exception in the web application code. In many cases, an attacker can leverage the conditions that cause these errors in order to gain unauthorized access to the system.

Common consequences· 1

  • Confidentiality — Read Application Data

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/535.html

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Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.