CWE-60 – UNIX Path Link Problems (Deprecated) | Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Overview

CWE-60 is a deprecated classification in the CWE framework. It remains in the catalog for historical hierarchy and CVE traceability.

Security impact: Security impact: Low / none for active exploitation (deprecated catalog entry).
Historical note: Historical note: MITRE periodically reorganizes the CWE tree; prefer current, non-deprecated weaknesses for threat modeling.

This category has been deprecated. It covered a very low level of abstraction based on operating system, which was not useful for any existing view.

Date	Name	Version	Importance	Comment
2008-09-08	CWE Content Team	1.0	—	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08	CWE Content Team	3.0	—	updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Name, Relationships, Type
2021-03-15	CWE Content Team	4.4	—	updated Taxonomy_Mappings
2023-06-29	CWE Content Team	4.12	—	updated Mapping_Notes