CWE-257—Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

名称

Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

描述

The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.

常见后果

范围：

Confidentiality, Access Control

影响：

Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

注释：

User's passwords may be revealed.

范围：

Access Control

影响：

Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

注释：

Revealed passwords may be reused elsewhere to impersonate the users in question.

相关 CWE

• CWE-259Use of Hard-coded PasswordHigh
• CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials