CWE - CWE-1070: Serializable Data Element Containing non-Serializable Item Elements (4.18)

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CWE Glossary Definition

CWE-1070: Serializable Data Element Containing non-Serializable Item Elements

Weakness ID: 1070

Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
Abstraction: Base Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.

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Description

The product contains a serializable, storable data element such as a field or member, but the data element contains member elements that are not serializable.

Extended Description

This issue can prevent the product from running reliably. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this reliability problem might introduce a vulnerability.

As examples, the serializable nature of a data element comes from a serializable SerializableAttribute attribute in .NET and the inheritance from the java.io.Serializable interface in Java.

Common Consequences

Section HelpThis table specifies different individual consequences associated with the weakness. The Scope identifies the application security area that is violated, while the Impact describes the negative technical impact that arises if an adversary succeeds in exploiting this weakness. The Likelihood provides information about how likely the specific consequence is expected to be seen relative to the other consequences in the list. For example, there may be high likelihood that a weakness will be exploited to achieve a certain impact, but a low likelihood that it will be exploited to achieve a different impact.

Impact	Details
Reduce Reliability	Scope: Other

Relationships

Section Help This table shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOf and give insight to similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction. In addition, relationships such as PeerOf and CanAlsoBe are defined to show similar weaknesses that the user may want to explore.

Relevant to the view "Research Concepts" (View-1000)

Nature	Type	ID	Name
ChildOf	Class Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.	1076	Insufficient Adherence to Expected Conventions

Relevant to the view "Software Development" (View-699)

Nature	Type	ID	Name
MemberOf	Category Category - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic.	1006	Bad Coding Practices

Weakness Ordinalities

Ordinality	Description
Indirect	(where the weakness is a quality issue that might indirectly make it easier to introduce security-relevant weaknesses or make them more difficult to detect)

Memberships

Section HelpThis MemberOf Relationships table shows additional CWE Categories and Views that reference this weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits within the context of external information sources.

Nature	Type	ID	Name
MemberOf	CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic.	1129	CISQ Quality Measures (2016) - Reliability
MemberOf	CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic.	1306	CISQ Quality Measures - Reliability
MemberOf	CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic.	1412	Comprehensive Categorization: Poor Coding Practices

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason Other

Rationale

This entry is primarily a quality issue with no direct security implications.

Comments

Look for weaknesses that are focused specifically on insecure behaviors that have more direct security implications.

Taxonomy Mappings

Mapped Taxonomy Name	Node ID	Fit	Mapped Node Name
OMG ASCRM	ASCRM-RLB-3

References

[REF-961] Object Management Group (OMG). "Automated Source Code Reliability Measure (ASCRM)". ASCRM-RLB-3. 2016-01.
<http://www.omg.org/spec/ASCRM/1.0/>.

Content History

Submissions
Submission Date	Submitter	Organization
2018年07月02日 (CWE 3.2, 2019年01月03日)	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2018年07月02日 (CWE 3.2, 2019年01月03日)	Entry derived from Common Quality Enumeration (CQE) Draft 0.9.
Modifications
Modification Date	Modifier	Organization
2024年02月29日 (CWE 4.14, 2024年02月29日)	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2024年02月29日 (CWE 4.14, 2024年02月29日)	updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships
2023年06月29日	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2023年06月29日	updated Mapping_Notes
2023年04月27日	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2023年04月27日	updated Relationships
2023年01月31日	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2023年01月31日	updated Description
2020年08月20日	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2020年08月20日	updated Relationships

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