CWE-318—Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Executable

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released 2006-07-19 · last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID:: CWE-318
Abstraction:: Variant
Structure:: Simple
Status:: Draft
Release Date:: 2006-07-19
Latest Modification Date:: 2025-12-11

Weakness Name

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Executable

Description

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in an executable.

Attackers can reverse engineer binary code to obtain secret data. This is especially easy when the cleartext is plain ASCII. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.

Common Consequences

Scope:: Confidentiality
Impact:: Read Application Data

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