CWE-576 - EJB Bad Practices: Use of Java I/O
- Abstraction:Variant
- Structure:Simple
- Status:Draft
- Release Date:2006-12-15
- Latest Modification Date:2023-06-29
Weakness Name
EJB Bad Practices: Use of Java I/O
Description
The product violates the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) specification by using the java.io package.
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: "An enterprise bean must not use the java.io package to attempt to access files and directories in the file system." The specification justifies this requirement in the following way: "The file system APIs are not well-suited for business components to access data. Business components should use a resource manager API, such as JDBC, to store data."
Common Consequences
Scope: Other
Impact: Quality Degradation