CWE-224

Obscured Security-relevant Information by Alternate Name

Base

Incomplete

The product records security-relevant information according to an alternate name of the affected entity, instead of the canonical name.

Parent Weaknesses (ChildOf)

Scope

Non-Repudiation

Access Control

Impact

Hide Activities, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

Attacker performs malicious actions on a hard link to a file, obscuring the real target file.

Not Language-Specific

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