Base weakness
Deprecated
CWE-217: DEPRECATED: Failure to Protect Stored Data from Modification
This entry has been deprecated because it incorporated and confused multiple weaknesses. The issues formerly covered in this entry can be found at CWE-766 and CWE-767.
0
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
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KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-217 (DEPRECATED: Failure to Protect Stored Data from Modification) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.