Embedded Malicious Code

Opis

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.

Malicious flaws have acquired colorful names, including Trojan horse, trapdoor, timebomb, and logic-bomb. A developer might insert malicious code with the intent to subvert the security of a product or its host system at some time in the future. It generally refers to a program that performs a useful service but exploits rights of the program's user in a way the user does not intend.

Skutki

• Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

  Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Zapobieganie

• Implementation, Operation

  Remove the malicious code and start an effort to ensure that no more malicious code exists. This may require a detailed review of all code, as it is possible to hide a serious attack in only one or two lines of code. These lines may be located almost anywhere in an application and may have been intentionally obfuscated by the attacker.

Przykłady podatności

• CVE-2022-30877 A command history tool was shipped with a code-execution backdoor inserted by a malicious party.

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-912 Hidden Functionality

Słabości podrzędne

• CWE-507 Trojan Horse
• CWE-510 Trapdoor
• CWE-511 Logic/Time Bomb
• CWE-512 Spyware

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation
• Bundling
• Distribution
• Installation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific

Uwagi

It is suspected that malicious code can often be characterized using other "regular" weaknesses related to insecure behavior. However, this has not been closely investigated.

The term "Trojan horse" was introduced by Dan Edwards and recorded by James Anderson [18] to characterize a particular computer security threat; it has been redefined many times [4,18-20].

Źródła

1. A Taxonomy of Computer Program Security Flaws, with Examples — Carl E. Landwehr, Alan R. Bull, John P. McDermott, William S. Choi, 1993
2. State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation — Gregory Larsen, E. Kenneth Hong Fong, David A. Wheeler, Rama S. Moorthy, 2014