CWE-313
Overview
- CWE ID
- 313
- CWE Name
- Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk
- CWE Abstraction
- Variant
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext in a file, or on disk.
Extended Description
The sensitive information could be read by attackers with access to the file, or with physical or administrator access to the raw disk. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encodi
Related CWEs
| CWE ID | View ID | Nature | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | 1000 | ChildOf | Primary |