CWE-921: Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control
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The product stores sensitive information in a file system or device that does not have built-in access control.
What the weakness is: CWE-921 at MITRE. All weaknesses
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Explain CWE-921: Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/921.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/921?via=ask-ai-copy for recent CVEs with this weakness. Cite the sources.Opens a third-party assistant; its answer is its own, not cve.bz's. The prompt holds only this weakness's id and public links.
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