SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard - Guidelines 07. File Input and Output (FIO)

A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.12

  • Identifier

    CWE-1185

  • Status

    Stable

Contents

Summary

Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.

Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the File Input and Output (FIO) section of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard.

Weaknesses

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an uni...

Concepts

Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard

CWE entries in this view (graph) are fully or partially eliminated by following the guidance presented in the online wiki that reflects that current rules and recommen...

See Also

  1. SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard : Rule 07. File Input and Output (FIO)

    The Software Engineering Institute

  2. SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard : Rec. 07. File Input and Output (FIO)

    The Software Engineering Institute

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