CWE-402 — Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
CWE-402: Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Class |
| Status | Draft |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
The product makes resources available to untrusted parties when those resources are only intended to be accessed by the product.
Common consequences
- Confidentiality: Read Application Data
Mitigations
(none listed)
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/402.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
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