Description
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
Modes of Introduction:
– Architecture and Design
Likelihood of Exploit: High
Related Weaknesses
Consequences
Confidentiality: Read Application Data
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Architecture and Design
Description:
CVE References
- CVE-2001-1483
- Enumeration of valid usernames based on inconsistent responses
- CVE-2001-1528
- Account number enumeration via inconsistent responses.
- CVE-2004-2150
- User enumeration via discrepancies in error messages.
- CVE-2005-1205
- Telnet protocol allows servers to obtain sensitive environment information from clients.
- CVE-2002-1725
- Script calls phpinfo(), revealing system configuration to web user
- CVE-2002-0515
- Product sets a different TTL when a port is being filtered than when it is not being filtered, which allows remote attackers to identify filtered ports by comparing TTLs.
- CVE-2004-0778
- Version control system allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and directories via the -X command for an alternate history file, which causes different error messages to be returned.
- CVE-2000-1117
- Virtual machine allows malicious web site operators to determine the existence of files on the client by measuring delays in the execution of the getSystemResource method.
- CVE-2003-0190
- Product immediately sends an error message when a user does not exist, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via a timing attack.
- CVE-2008-2049
- POP3 server reveals a password in an error message after multiple APOP commands are sent. Might be resultant from another weakness.
- CVE-2007-5172
- Program reveals password in error message if attacker can trigger certain database errors.
- CVE-2008-4638
- Composite: application running with high privileges (CWE-250) allows user to specify a restricted file to process, which generates a parsing error that leaks the contents of the file (CWE-209).
- CVE-2007-1409
- Direct request to library file in web application triggers pathname leak in error message.
- CVE-2005-0603
- Malformed regexp syntax leads to information exposure in error message.
- CVE-2004-2268
- Password exposed in debug information.
- CVE-2003-1078
- FTP client with debug option enabled shows password to the screen.
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