CWE-591
Overview
- CWE ID
- 591
- CWE Name
- Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory
- CWE Abstraction
- Variant
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The application stores sensitive data in memory that is not locked, or that has been incorrectly locked, which might cause the memory to be written to swap files on disk by the virtual memory manager. This can make the data more accessible to external act
Extended Description
On Windows systems the VirtualLock function can lock a page of memory to ensure that it will remain present in memory and not be swapped to disk. However, on older versions of Windows, such as 95, 98, or Me, the VirtualLock() function is only a stub and p
Related CWEs
| CWE ID | View ID | Nature | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | 1000 | ChildOf | Primary |