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Pascal

Pascal : Nil password

Classification

OWASP Top 10 2013
A2-Broken Authentication and Session ManagementA6-Sensitive Data Exposure
OWASP Top 10 2017
A2-Broken Authentication
OWASP Top 10 2021
A4-Insecure DesignA7-Identification and Authentication Failures
OWASP ASVS
AuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthentication
PCI DSS 4.0
6.2.48.3.2
HIPAA
§164.312 (a)(1)
CWE
CWE-257CWE-259CWE-522
CWE/SANS Top 25 2021
CWE-522

Overview

Password with a value of Nil can result in an application compromise.

Assigning Nil to password variables can allow attackers to bypass password verification or might indicate that resources are protected by an empty password.

References

  1. CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password
  2. OWASP Top 10 2013-A5-Security Misconfiguration
  3. OWASP Top 10 2013-A6-Sensitive Data Exposure
  4. OWASP Top 10 2017 A2-Broken Authentication
LOW

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See also

Pascal

Pascal : Error handling: generic exception

Pascal

Pascal : Undocumented feature: special account

Pascal

Pascal : Weak hashing algorithm