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Swift : Undocumented feature: time bomb

Classification

OWASP ASVS
Malicious Code
CWE
CWE-506CWE-511

Overview

The application uses a current time comparison. Authors of backdoors use this technique to activate malicious functionality at a given moment (timebomb).

When the time bomb is detonated, it may perform a denial of service, such as crashing the system, deleting critical data, or degrading system response time.

References

  1. Date - Apple Developer Documentation
  2. CWE-511: Logic/Time Bomb
  3. CWE-506: Embedded Malicious Code
MEDIUM

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