General Information

Logging of Excessive Data

Variants:
Direct 

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Secure Design

Invented In:
10/11/2002

Added In:
21/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
The logging feature can be abused by attackers to intentionally flood the logs and make tracing potential attacks much harder.


Direct Variant:

Logging of Excessive Data

Variant Title:
Logging of Excessive Data

Typical Severity:
Minor

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