CWE

Other Intentional, Nonmalicious Weakness

ID: 517		Date: (C)2012-05-14   (M)2022-10-10
Type: category		Status: INCOMPLETE

Description

Other kinds of intentional but nonmalicious security flaws are possible. Functional requirements that are written without regard to security requirements can lead to such flaws; one of the flaws exploited by the "Internet worm" [3] (case U10) could be placed in this category.

Applicable Platforms
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Common Consequences
None

Detection Methods
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Potential Mitigations
None

Relationships

Related CWE	Type	View	Chain
CWE-517 ChildOf CWE-513	Category	CWE-699

Demonstrative Examples
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White Box Definitions
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Black Box Definitions
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Taxynomy Mappings

Taxynomy	Id	Name	Fit
Landwehr		Other

References:
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