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CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

Base Draft

The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information.

How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
  1. Architecture and Design, Operation, System Configuration

    Do not expose file and directory information to the user.

Source: MITRE CWE-538

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