CWE-210

Base Abstraction Level
Pillar — Highest-level weakness category
Class — Abstract, language-independent
Base — Specific enough to detect
Variant — Tied to specific technology
Compound — Requires multiple weaknesses Draft MITRE CWE Status
Stable — Fully reviewed and complete
Draft — Under development, may change
Incomplete — Partially defined by MITRE
Deprecated — No longer recommended
Obsolete — Replaced by another CWE
Self-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Description

The product identifies an error condition and creates its own diagnostic or error messages that contain sensitive information.

Consequences

Confidentiality — Read Application Data

Mitigations

Phase: Implementation, Build and Compilation

Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.

Phase: Implementation, Build and Compilation

Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.