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CWE-213

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CWE-213

Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies

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Description

The product's intended functionality exposes information to certain actors in accordance with the developer's security policy, but this information is regarded as sensitive according to the intended security policies of other stakeholders such as the product's administrator, users, or others whose information is being processed.

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Common Consequences

Scope

Confidentiality

Impact

Read Application Data

CVE-2002-1725

Script calls phpinfo()

CVE-2004-0033

Script calls phpinfo()

CVE-2003-1181

Script calls phpinfo()

CVE-2004-1422

Script calls phpinfo()

CVE-2004-1590

Script calls phpinfo()

CVE-2003-1038

Product lists DLLs and full pathnames.

CVE-2005-1205

Telnet protocol allows servers to obtain sensitive environment information from clients.

CVE-2005-0488

Telnet protocol allows servers to obtain sensitive environment information from clients.

Applicable Platforms

Not Language-Specific

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