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CWE-211 - Externally-Generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

CWE-211

  • Abstraction:
  • Base
  • Structure:
  • Simple
  • Status:
  • Incomplete
Weakness Name

Externally-Generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Description

The product performs an operation that triggers an external diagnostic or error message that is not directly generated or controlled by the product, such as an error generated by the programming language interpreter that a software application uses. The error can contain sensitive system information.

Common Consequences

Scope: Confidentiality

Impact: Read Application Data

Related Weaknesses
  • Release Date:
  • 2006-07-19
  • Latest Modification Date:
  • 2024-02-29

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