Spyware

Opis

The product collects personally identifiable information about a human user or the user's activities, but the product accesses this information using other resources besides itself, and it does not require that user's explicit approval or direct input into the product.

"Spyware" is a commonly used term with many definitions and interpretations. In general, it is meant to refer to products that collect information or install functionality that human users might not allow if they were fully aware of the actions being taken by the software. For example, a user might expect that tax software would collect a social security number and include it when filing a tax return, but that same user would not expect gaming software to obtain the social security number from that tax software's data.

Skutki

• Confidentiality

  Read Application Data

Zapobieganie

• Operation

  Use spyware detection and removal software.

• Installation

  Always verify the integrity of the product that is being installed.

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code

Kiedy powstaje

• Architecture and Design
• Implementation
• Operation

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.