CWE-41

• CWE ID
• 41

• CWE Name
• Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence

• CWE Abstraction
• Base

• CWE structure
• Simple

• CWE Status
• Incomplete

The system or application is vulnerable to file system contents disclosure through path equivalence. Path equivalence involves the use of special characters in file and directory names. The associated manipulations are intended to generate multiple names

Path equivalence is usually employed in order to circumvent access controls expressed using an incomplete set of file name or file path representations. This is different from path traversal, wherein the manipulations are performed to generate a name for