Category: SFP Secondary Cluster: Covert Channel
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Summary
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Covert Channel cluster.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-385 | Covert Timing Channel | Covert timing channels convey information by modulating some aspect of system behavior over time, so that the program receiving the information can observe system behavior and infer protected information. |
| CWE-514 | Covert Channel | A covert channel is a path that can be used to transfer information in a way not intended by the system's designers. |
| CWE-515 | Covert Storage Channel | A covert storage channel transfers information through the setting of bits by one program and the reading of those bits by another. What distinguishes this case from that of ordinary operation is that the bits are used to convey encoded information. |
| CWE-888 | Software Fault Pattern (SFP) Clusters | CWE identifiers in this view are associated with clusters of Software Fault Patterns (SFPs). |
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage: Prohibited
Reasons: Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comment:
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