Inappropriate coding practices - System exit

Description

The J2EE application use System.exit(), it is undesirable for a web application to attempt to shut down the application container. Accessing a function that can shut down the application is an avenue for denial of service (DoS) attacks.

Impact

• Temporarily or permanently deny access to the application resource.

Recommendation

Delegate shutdown functions only to privileged and duly authorized accesses.

Threat

Authenticated attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: H
• Privileges required: L
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: N
• Integrity: N
• Availability: L

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: U
• Remediation level: U
• Report confidence: R

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R
• Score:
  • Base: 3.1
  • Temporal: 2.8
• Severity:
  • Base: Low
  • Temporal: Low

Requirements

• 164.Use optimized structures
• 167.Close unused resources
• 072.Set maximum response time
• 327.Set a rate limit

Fixes

• Ruby

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