VariantDraftCWE-548

CWE-548: Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing

Description

The product inappropriately exposes a directory listing with an index of all the resources located inside of the directory.

Abstraction: VariantA weakness tied to a specific language, technology or resource.
Likelihood of exploit: Not rated by MITRE
Status: Draft

Common consequences

Confidentiality
Read Files or Directories
Exposing the contents of a directory can lead to an attacker gaining access to source code or providing useful information for the attacker to devise exploits, such as creation times of files or any information that may be encoded in file names. The directory listing may also compromise private or confidential data.

Potential mitigations

Architecture and DesignSystem Configuration
Recommendations include restricting access to important directories or files by adopting a need to know requirement for both the document and server root, and turning off features such as Automatic Directory Listings that could expose private files and provide information that could be utilized by an attacker when formulating or conducting an attack.

Related weaknesses

Parent weaknesses

CWE-497Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

CAPEC attack patterns that exploit it

CWE 4.20 links no CAPEC attack pattern to this weakness.

Common consequences

Confidentiality

Read Files or Directories

Exposing the contents of a directory can lead to an attacker gaining access to source code or providing useful information for the attacker to devise exploits, such as creation times of files or any information that may be encoded in file names. The directory listing may also compromise private or confidential data.

Potential mitigations

Architecture and DesignSystem Configuration

Recommendations include restricting access to important directories or files by adopting a need to know requirement for both the document and server root, and turning off features such as Automatic Directory Listings that could expose private files and provide information that could be utilized by an attacker when formulating or conducting an attack.