Re: Java Code Scanning

>>>>> " " == 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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