CWE-372 Incomplete Internal State Distinction Explained
CWE-372 is a product that thinks it is in state X when it is in state Y. See how state confusion becomes a security flaw and how to design against it.
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CWE-372 is a product that thinks it is in state X when it is in state Y. See how state confusion becomes a security flaw and how to design against it.
CWE-370 happens when a certificate is checked once and then trusted forever. Learn why revocation needs a recheck before each privileged action.
CWE-37 covers input shaped like /absolute/pathname/here accepted without validation. Learn why it still turns up and how to contain file access.
CWE-369 is a division by a value the attacker controls, ending in a crash. Learn how zero gets in and the one line guard that stops it.
CWE-368 is an attack during a trust boundary switch, such as a page load, where actions land on the wrong domain. Here is how the race works.
CWE-367 is checking a resource and then using it after it changed. Learn why checks go stale, a C file example, and the mitigations MITRE lists.
CWE-366 is two threads using the same resource at once, leaving state undefined. See the pattern in Java and the locking fix MITRE recommends.
CWE-364 is a signal handler that calls unsafe functions or touches shared state, so interrupted code breaks. Learn the pattern and the flag based fix.
CWE-363 is checking a file, then opening it, while an attacker swaps in a symbolic link between the two steps. Learn the pattern and the safer open.
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