Cloneable Class Containing Sensitive Information
The code contains a class with sensitive data, but the class is cloneable. The data can then be accessed by cloning the class.
Description
Cloneable classes are effectively open classes, since data cannot be hidden in them. Classes that do not explicitly deny cloning can be cloned by any other class without running the constructor.
Demonstrations
The following examples help to illustrate the nature of this weakness and describe methods or techniques which can be used to mitigate the risk.
Note that the examples here are by no means exhaustive and any given weakness may have many subtle varieties, each of which may require different detection methods or runtime controls.
Example One
The following example demonstrates the weakness.
public class CloneClient {
public CloneClient() //throws
java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException {
Teacher t1 = new Teacher("guddu","22,nagar road");
//...
// Do some stuff to remove the teacher.
Teacher t2 = (Teacher)t1.clone();
System.out.println(t2.name);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
new CloneClient();
}
}
class Teacher implements Cloneable {
public Object clone() {
try {
return super.clone();
}
catch (java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e.toString());
}
}
public String name;
public String clas;
public Teacher(String name,String clas) {
this.name = name;
this.clas = clas;
}
}Make classes uncloneable by defining a clone function like:
public final void clone() throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException {
throw new java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException();
}See Also
Weaknesses in this category are related to exposed resource.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Object Orientation (OBJ) section of the SEI CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java.
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