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CWE-402

Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')

Class

What it is

The product makes resources available to untrusted parties when those resources are only intended to be accessed by the product.

Impact

ConfidentialityRead Application Data

Real-world CVE examples

  • CVE-2003-0740 — Server leaks a privileged file descriptor, allowing the server to be hijacked.
  • CVE-2004-1033 — File descriptor leak allows read of restricted files.

Related weaknesses

Test & detect

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Source: MITRE CWE. View on cwe.mitre.org →

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