Modeling and preventing TOCTTOU vulnerabilities in Unix-style file systems

TOCTTOU (Time-of-Check-To-Time-Of-Use) is a file-based race condition in Unix-style systems and characterized by a pair of file object access by a vulnerable program: a check operation establishes certain conditions about the file object (e.g., the file exists), followed by a use operation that assu...

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Published in:	Computers & security Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 815 - 830
Main Authors:	Wei, Jinpeng, Pu, Calton
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2010 Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects:	Benchmarks Computer information security Computer programming Computer simulation Computer viruses Cybersecurity Defense Defense mechanisms Disks Invariant Kernel Kernels Linux Mapping Modeling Race Race condition Scanning transmission electron microscopy Studies TOCTTOU Transactions UNIX UNIX (operating system) Vulnerabilities Vulnerability Windows (computer programs) Invariant Race condition Vulnerabilities Modeling Kernel Defense TOCTTOU
ISSN:	0167-4048, 1872-6208
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