CWE-162: Improper Neutralization of Trailing Special Elements
Description
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes trailing special elements that could be interpreted in unexpected ways when they are sent to a downstream component.
Submission Date :
July 19, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-10-26 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Extended Description
As data is parsed, improperly handled trailing special elements may cause the process to take unexpected actions that result in an attack.
Related Weaknesses
This table shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this weakness. These relationships are defined to give an overview of the different insight to similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction.
CWE-42: Path Equivalence: 'filename.' (Trailing Dot)
CWE-46: Path Equivalence: 'filename ' (Trailing Space)
CWE-49: Path Equivalence: 'filename/' (Trailing Slash)
CWE-54: Path Equivalence: 'filedir\' (Trailing Backslash)
CWE-138: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements
CWE-163: Improper Neutralization of Multiple Trailing Special Elements
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