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Revision as of 14:20, 9 November 2008
This is a Vulnerability. To view all vulnerabilities, please see the Vulnerability Category page.
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Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 11/9/2008
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
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- 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
