Kingdom: Input Validation and Representation

Input validation and representation problems ares caused by metacharacters, alternate encodings and numeric representations. Security problems result from trusting input. The issues include: "Buffer Overflows," "Cross-Site Scripting" attacks, "SQL Injection," and many others.

Access Specifier Manipulation

Java/JSP
Ruby

Abstract

The method call changes an access specifier.

Explanation

The AccessibleObject API allows the programmer to get around the access control checks provided by Java access specifiers. In particular it enables the programmer to allow a reflected object to bypass Java access controls and in turn change the value of private fields or invoke private methods, behaviors that are normally disallowed.

References

[1] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 284

[2] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-000213, CCI-001084, CCI-001310, CCI-002165

[3] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 AC

[4] Standards Mapping - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Access Violation

[5] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 AC-3 Access Enforcement (P1), CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change (P1), SC-3 Security Function Isolation (P1), SI-10 Information Input Validation (P1)

[6] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 AC-3 Access Enforcement, CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change, SC-3 Security Function Isolation, SI-10 Information Input Validation

[7] Standards Mapping - OWASP API 2023 API1 Broken Object Level Authorization

[8] Standards Mapping - OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0 1.4.2 Access Control Architectural Requirements (L2 L3), 1.4.4 Access Control Architectural Requirements (L2 L3)

[9] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M5 Poor Authorization and Authentication

[10] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2024 M3 Insecure Authentication/Authorization

[11] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard 2.0 MASVS-AUTH-1, MASVS-CODE-4

[12] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A2 Broken Access Control

[13] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2007 A4 Insecure Direct Object Reference

[14] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A4 Insecure Direct Object References

[15] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A5 Security Misconfiguration

[16] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[17] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A01 Broken Access Control

[18] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 6.5.2

[19] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.2 Requirement 6.5.4

[20] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 2.0 Requirement 6.5.8

[21] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.0 Requirement 6.5.8

[22] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.1 Requirement 6.5.8

[23] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2 Requirement 6.5.8

[24] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2.1 Requirement 6.5.8

[25] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0 Requirement 6.2.4

[26] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[27] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[28] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control, Control Objective C.2.3 - Web Software Access Controls, Control Objective C.3.2 - Web Software Attack Mitigation

[29] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2011 Risky Resource Management - CWE ID 676

[30] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.1 APP3510 CAT I

[31] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.4 APP3510 CAT I

[32] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.5 APP3510 CAT I

[33] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.6 APP3510 CAT I

[34] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.7 APP3510 CAT I

[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.9 APP3510 CAT I

[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.10 APP3510 CAT I

[37] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[38] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[39] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[40] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[41] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[42] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[43] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[44] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[45] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[46] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[47] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[48] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[49] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[50] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-001410 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II, APSC-DV-002530 CAT II

[51] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-001410 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II, APSC-DV-002530 CAT II

[52] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Insufficient Authorization (WASC-02)

[53] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium 24 + 2 Insufficient Authorization

desc.dataflow.java.access_specifier_manipulation

Abstract

The method call changes or works around an access specifier.

Explanation

The send function and its variants allow programmers to work around Ruby access specifiers on functions. In particular it enables the programmer to access private and protected fields and functions, behaviors that are normally disallowed.