CWE-428
Overview
- CWE ID
- 428
- CWE Name
- Unquoted Search Path or Element
- CWE Abstraction
- Base
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.
Extended Description
If a malicious individual has access to the file system, it is possible to elevate privileges by inserting such a file as "C:\Program.exe" to be run by a privileged program making use of WinExec.