CWE-187—Partial String Comparison
PUBLISHEDweakness record
released 2006-07-19 · last modified 2025-12-11
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名称
Partial String Comparison
描述
The product performs a comparison that only examines a portion of a factor before determining whether there is a match, such as a substring, leading to resultant weaknesses.
For example, an attacker might succeed in authentication by providing a small password that matches the associated portion of the larger, correct password.