CWE-528 2 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-528: Exposure of Core Dump File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Overview

CWE-528 (Exposure of Core Dump File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product generates a core dump file in a directory, archive, or other resource that is stored, transferred, or otherwise made accessible to unauthorized actors.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2025-48928 2025-05-28 The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 is based on a JSP application in which the heap content is roughly equivalent to a "core dump" in which a password previously sent over HTTP would be include…
CVE-2024-10403 2024-11-21 Brocade Fabric OS versions before 8.2.3e2, versions 9.0.0 through 9.2.0c, and 9.2.1 through 9.2.1a can capture the SFTP/FTP server password used for a firmware download operation initiated by SANna…

Previous names

  • Information Leak Through Core Dump Files (2009-12-28)

Content submission

Name
Anonymous Tool Vendor (under NDA)
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Description, Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Time_of_Introduction
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Observed_Examples
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