Configuration Vulnerabilities

Configuration Vulnerabilities is a type of system security weakness arising from improper or suboptimal settings in hardware, software, or network components that deviate from secure baselines or best practices, thereby exposing the system to potential exploitation.

155

Publications

7.3K

Citations

486

Authors

188

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Misconfiguration Vulnerabilities

Parents

Vulnerability Analysis

Children

Access Control MisconfigurationApplication Configuration SecurityAttack Surface ReductionAuthentication Configuration SecurityAuthorization Configuration SecurityConfiguration AuditingConfiguration Baseline AssessmentConfiguration BenchmarkingConfiguration Compliance CheckingConfiguration Drift Analysis

Publications

155

An analysis of patch plausibility and correctness for generate-and-validate patch generation systems

Zichao Qi, Fan Long, Sara Achour et al. · 2015 · 419 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +6

A quantitative study of firewall configuration errors

Avishai Wool · Computer · 2004 · 396 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Information Technology +16

Computer-attack graph generation tool

Laura Swiler, Cynthia A. Phillips, Daniel R. Ellis et al. · 2002 · 327 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +17

Fang: a firewall analysis engine

Alain Mayer, Avishai Wool, Elisha Ziskind · 2002 · 269 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +14

An empirical study on configuration errors in commercial and open source systems

Zuoning Yin, Xiao Ma, Jing Zheng et al. · 2011 · 252 citations

Computing, Computer Systems, Systems Engineering +17

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Authors

486

MA
Mona Attariyan
University of Michigan, United States
4 publications · 319 citations
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Jason Flinn
University of Michigan, United States
4 publications · 319 citations
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Shanshan Li
National University of Defense Technology, China
3 publications · 88 citations
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Olivier Festor
Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France
3 publications · 38 citations
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Izzat Alsmadi
Texas A&M University – San Antonio, United States
2 publications · 40 citations
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Institutions

188

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Venues

Computers & Security
5 publications · 114 citations
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Empirical Software Engineering
4 publications · 140 citations
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Journal of Systems and Software
JSS · 2 publications · 74 citations
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International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection
2 publications · 64 citations
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
2 publications · 28 citations
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