CWE-317 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI
CWE-317: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Variant |
| Status | Draft |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within the GUI.
An attacker can often obtain data from a GUI, even if hidden, by using an API to directly access GUI objects such as windows and menus. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
Common consequences
- Confidentiality: Read Memory, Read Application Data
Mitigations
(none listed)
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/317.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
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