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Encyclopedia > Security vulnerability

In computer software a security vulnerability is a software bug that can be used deliberately to violate security.


Well known vulnerabilities include (but are not limited to)

See also: Exploit (computer science), computer security


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Common Security Vulnerabilities in e-commerce Systems (2619 words)
Wherever examples of such vulnerabilities are given in advisories published by Bugtraq, we have given the Bugtraq ID in square brackets.
Similar vulnerabilities have also been found in third-party software such as in the 3D3 ShopFactory Shopping Cart [bid 6296], where price and item-related information was stored in client-side cookies, which could easily be manipulated by an attacker.
It is of paramount importance for designers and developers of web applications to consider security as a primary design goal and to follow secure coding guidelines in order to provide the highest possible degree of assurance to their customers.
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