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CWE-578 - EJB Bad Practices: Use of Class Loader

CWE-578

  • Abstraction:
  • Variant
  • Structure:
  • Simple
  • Status:
  • Draft
Weakness Name

EJB Bad Practices: Use of Class Loader

Description

The product violates the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) specification by using the class loader.

The Enterprise JavaBeans specification requires that every bean provider follow a set of programming guidelines designed to ensure that the bean will be portable and behave consistently in any EJB container. In this case, the product violates the following EJB guideline: "The enterprise bean must not attempt to create a class loader; obtain the current class loader; set the context class loader; set security manager; create a new security manager; stop the JVM; or change the input, output, and error streams." The specification justifies this requirement in the following way: "These functions are reserved for the EJB container. Allowing the enterprise bean to use these functions could compromise security and decrease the container's ability to properly manage the runtime environment."

Common Consequences

Scope: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Other

Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands, Varies by Context

Related Weaknesses
  • Release Date:
  • 2006-12-15
  • Latest Modification Date:
  • 2023-06-29

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