Storage of File with Sensitive Data Under Web Root

Opis

The product stores sensitive data under the web document root with insufficient access control, which might make it accessible to untrusted parties.

Besides public-facing web pages and code, products may store sensitive data, code that is not directly invoked, or other files under the web document root of the web server. If the server is not configured or otherwise used to prevent direct access to those files, then attackers may obtain this sensitive data.

Skutki

• Confidentiality

  Read Application Data

Zapobieganie

• Implementation, System Configuration

  Avoid storing information under the web root directory.

• System Configuration

  Access control permissions should be set to prevent reading/writing of sensitive files inside/outside of the web directory.

Przykłady podatności

• CVE-2005-1835 Data file under web root.
• CVE-2005-2217 Data file under web root.
• CVE-2002-1449 Username/password in data file under web root.
• CVE-2002-0943 Database file under web root.
• CVE-2005-1645 database file under web root.

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Słabości podrzędne

• CWE-433 Unparsed Raw Web Content Delivery

Kiedy powstaje

• Operation — COMMISSION: This weakness refers to an incorrect design related to an architectural security tactic.
• Implementation — COMMISSION: This weakness refers to an incorrect design related to an architectural security tactic.

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific, Web Based, Web Server