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List:       webappsec
Subject:    Re: Java Code Scanning
From:       Gary Ellison <gary.ellison () sun ! com>
Date:       2004-01-10 1:10:26
Message-ID: 16383.20738.451591.696135 () gargle ! gargle ! HOWL
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> > > > > " " == Peter Lee <Peter> writes:

 > Hi there and a good day to you,
 > Cutting to the chase; if I am to do a textual scan of a piece of Java
 > application code for potential malicious code embedded, what are the key
 > words to scan for?

 > For example in the case of C/C++ program; I might look for memory
 > handling code i.e memcpy(), strcpy(), strdup(), memset(),  system
 > execution code sys(), exec(), fork(), etc. IPC & RPC calls. Codes which
 > try to access password directory that sort of thing.

 > The idea is not to look for bad code writing, but to identify/flag code
 > which may have security implications for more detailed sturdy or even
 > code walkthrough.

 > Anyone have a list of keywords to search with?

You may want to have a look at the secure coding guide

  http://java.sun.com/security/seccodeguide.html

To get a deeper understanding of permissions the paper by Kovad,
Pistoia and Kershenbaum is quite detailed.

  http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/1930f3644fb16b5b85256b8900685c78?OpenDocument




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