The product accepts path input in the form of trailing space ('filedir ') without appropriate validation, which can lead to ambiguous path resolution and allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.
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CWE-46 (Path Equivalence: 'filename ' (Trailing Space)) is a variant-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.
What can happen when CWE-46 is exploited.
Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories
Affects: Confidentiality, Integrity
Typically introduced during these phases of the software lifecycle.
Technologies
Real CVEs that MITRE cites as examples of this weakness.
CAPEC attack patterns that exploit this weakness.
Common questions about CWE-46.
The product accepts path input in the form of trailing space ('filedir ') without appropriate validation, which can lead to ambiguous path resolution and allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.
Exploiting CWE-46 can lead to: Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories.
Weakness data is sourced from the MITRE CWE catalog (v4.20). CVE associations are aggregated and kept current by RadicalNotion.AI.
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