A New Web Application Vulnerability Assessment Framework
A New Web Application Vulnerability Assessment Framework
A New Web Application Vulnerability Assessment Framework
Objectives
Propose a new framework for web vulnerability assessment and mitigation
OSSTMM 3
BY THE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY AND OPEN METHODOLOGIES
Coverage
OSSTMM
Human
Physical
Wireless
Telecommunications
Data Networks
Information Gathering
Authentication Testing
Authorization Testing
Ajax Testing
Coverage
Web Application
Production Development
A new framework
WEB APPLICATION
Application Analysis Vulnerability Scanning/Exploitation
Mitigation
Assessment
Personal
Framework
Government
Application Server
Web App
Commercial
Network
Application Analysis
Application Analysis
Application Specific Server Specific Network Specific
Domain Name IP Address Development Language/ CMS Identification Third-Party Software Libraries
Vulnerability Scanning/Exploitation
Vulnerability Scanning/Exploitation
Application Specific XSS Session grabbing Clickjacking Bruteforce form cracking Server Specific SQL injection DoS attack Malicious code execution Remote shell exploits Network Specific Live host scan Port scan
Assessment
Assessment
Application Specific Number of fields vulnerable Exposed classified information Personal information Server Specific Maximum server load evaluation Weak/unhashed passwords Obsolete authentication mechanisms Network Specific No Proxy Number of opened ports Firewall/proxy rules
Mitigation
References
Open Web Application Security Project. OWASP Testing Project. Published December 16, 2008. Accessed January 18, 2013. http://www.owasp.org/images/5/56/OWASP%20Testing%20Guide%20v3.pdf
Open Web Application Security Project. OWASP Top 10 2013 Project. Published December 16, 2008. Accessed March 18, 2013. http://owasptop10.googlecode.com/files/OWASP%20Top%2010%20-%202010.pdf
Pete Herzog, Institute for Security and Open Methodologies. OSSTMM 3 (The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual: Contemporary Security Testing and Analysis