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The program violates secure coding principles for mobile code by returning a private array variable from a public access method.
 
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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The program violates secure coding principles for mobile code by returning a private array variable from a public access method.
  
 
Returning a private array variable from a public access method allows the calling code to modify the contents of the array, effectively giving the array public access and contradicting the intentions of the programmer who made it private.
 
Returning a private array variable from a public access method allows the calling code to modify the contents of the array, effectively giving the array public access and contradicting the intentions of the programmer who made it private.
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For more details about what is mobile code and its security concerns, please see [[:Category:Unsafe Mobile Code]].
 
For more details about what is mobile code and its security concerns, please see [[:Category:Unsafe Mobile Code]].
  
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The following Java Applet code mistakenly returns a private array variable from a public access method.
 
The following Java Applet code mistakenly returns a private array variable from a public access method.
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[[Category:Unsafe Mobile Code]]
 
[[Category:Unsafe Mobile Code]]

Revision as of 13:28, 3 October 2008

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Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 10/3/2008

Vulnerabilities Table of Contents

ASDR Table of Contents


Description

The program violates secure coding principles for mobile code by returning a private array variable from a public access method.

Returning a private array variable from a public access method allows the calling code to modify the contents of the array, effectively giving the array public access and contradicting the intentions of the programmer who made it private.

For more details about what is mobile code and its security concerns, please see Category:Unsafe Mobile Code.


Risk Factors

  • Talk about the factors that make this vulnerability likely or unlikely to actually happen
  • Discuss the technical impact of a successful exploit of this vulnerability
  • Consider the likely [business impacts] of a successful attack


Examples

The following Java Applet code mistakenly returns a private array variable from a public access method.

	public final class urlTool extends Applet {
		private URL[] urls;
		public URL[] getURLs() {
			return urls;
		}
			...
	}


Related Attacks


Related Vulnerabilities


Related Controls

Related Technical Impacts


References

TBD