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ID

CWE CATEGORY: DEPRECATED: Windows Virtual File Problems

Category ID: 68
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
This category has been deprecated as it was found to be an unnecessary abstraction of platform specific details. Please refer to the category CWE-632 and weakness CWE-66 for relevant relationships.
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reasons: Category, Deprecated

Rationale:

This CWE has been deprecated. It is also a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

Comments:

See the summary, which might have suggestions for other CWEs to consider.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2006-07-19
(CWE Draft 3, 2006-07-19) 		PLOVER
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2021-03-15
(CWE 4.4, 2021-03-15) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24
(CWE 4.0, 2020-02-24) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description
2017-11-08
(CWE 3.0, 2017-11-08) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Name, Relationships, Type
2008-09-08
(CWE 1.0, 2008-09-09) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
+ Previous Entry Names
Change Date Previous Entry Name
2017-11-08 Windows Virtual File Problems
Page Last Updated: April 30, 2026
 

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