CWE-351 Detail

CWE-351

Name

Insufficient Type Distinction

Status

Draft

Published

2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00

Modified

2023-06-29
00h00 +00:00

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Name: Insufficient Type Distinction

The product does not properly distinguish between different types of elements in a way that leads to insecure behavior.

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Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Common Consequences

Scope	Impact	Likelihood
Other	Other

Observed Examples

References	Description
CVE-2005-2260	Browser user interface does not distinguish between user-initiated and synthetic events.
CVE-2005-2801	Product does not compare all required data in two separate elements, causing it to think they are the same, leading to loss of ACLs. Similar to Same Name error.

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Justification : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Comment : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

NotesNotes

Overlaps others, e.g. Multiple Interpretation Errors.

Submission

Name	Organization	Date	Date release	Version
PLOVER		2006-07-19 +00:00	2006-07-19 +00:00	Draft 3

Modifications

Name	Organization	Date	Comment
Eric Dalci	Cigital	2008-07-01 +00:00	updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-09-08 +00:00	updated Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2010-02-16 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-11-08 +00:00	updated Applicable_Platforms
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-02-24 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-01-31 +00:00	updated Description
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes