SFP Secondary Cluster: Information Loss
A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.
Summary
Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Information Loss cluster.
Weaknesses
The product does not record, or improperly records, security-relevant information that leads to an incorrect decision or hampers later analysis.
The product records security-relevant information according to an alternate name of the affected entity, instead of the canonical name.
The product does not record or display information that would be important for identifying the source or nature of an attack, or determining if an action is safe.
The product truncates the display, recording, or processing of security-relevant information in a way that can obscure the source or nature of an attack.
Concepts
CWE identifiers in this view are associated with clusters of Software Fault Patterns (SFPs).
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