2009 Top 25 - Porous Defenses

The product is composed of a server that relies on the client to implement a mechanism that is intended to protect the server.

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of ot...

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol.

The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to exter...

The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components.

The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

CWE entries in this view (graph) are listed in the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the Top 25 is availa...