Class: Brakeman::CheckEvaluation

Inherits:
BaseCheck show all
Defined in:
lib/brakeman/checks/check_evaluation.rb

Overview

This check looks for calls to eval, instance_eval, etc. which include user input.

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from BaseCheck

BaseCheck::CONFIDENCE

Constants included from Util

Util::ALL_COOKIES, Util::ALL_PARAMETERS, Util::COOKIES, Util::COOKIES_SEXP, Util::DIR_CONST, Util::LITERALS, Util::PARAMETERS, Util::PARAMS_SEXP, Util::PATH_PARAMETERS, Util::QUERY_PARAMETERS, Util::REQUEST_COOKIES, Util::REQUEST_ENV, Util::REQUEST_PARAMETERS, Util::REQUEST_PARAMS, Util::REQUEST_REQUEST_PARAMETERS, Util::SAFE_LITERAL, Util::SESSION, Util::SESSION_SEXP, Util::SIMPLE_LITERALS

Constants inherited from SexpProcessor

SexpProcessor::VERSION

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from BaseCheck

#tracker, #warnings

Attributes inherited from SexpProcessor

#context, #env, #expected

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from BaseCheck

#add_result, inherited, #initialize, #process_array, #process_call, #process_cookies, #process_default, #process_dstr, #process_if, #process_params

Methods included from Messages

#msg, #msg_code, #msg_cve, #msg_file, #msg_input, #msg_lit, #msg_plain, #msg_version

Methods included from Util

#all_literals?, #array?, #block?, #call?, #camelize, #class_name, #constant?, #contains_class?, #cookies?, #dir_glob?, #false?, #hash?, #hash_access, #hash_insert, #hash_iterate, #hash_values, #integer?, #kwsplat?, #literal?, #make_call, #node_type?, #number?, #params?, #pluralize, #rails_version, #recurse_check?, #regexp?, #remove_kwsplat, #request_headers?, #request_value?, #result?, #safe_literal, #safe_literal?, #safe_literal_target?, #set_env_defaults, #sexp?, #simple_literal?, #string?, #string_interp?, #symbol?, #template_path_to_name, #true?, #underscore

Methods included from ProcessorHelper

#current_file, #process_all, #process_all!, #process_call_args, #process_call_defn?, #process_class, #process_module

Methods inherited from SexpProcessor

#in_context, #initialize, #process, processors, #scope

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Brakeman::BaseCheck

Instance Method Details

#process_result(result) ⇒ Object

Warns if eval includes user input



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# File 'lib/brakeman/checks/check_evaluation.rb', line 22

def process_result result
  return unless original? result

  if input = include_user_input?(result[:call].arglist)
    confidence = :high
    message = msg(msg_input(input), " evaluated as code")
  elsif string_evaluation? result[:call].first_arg
    confidence = :low
    message = "Dynamic string evaluated as code"
  elsif safe_literal? result[:call].first_arg
    # don't warn
  elsif result[:call].method == :eval
    confidence = :low
    message = "Dynamic code evaluation"
  end

  if confidence
    warn :result => result,
      :warning_type => "Dangerous Eval",
      :warning_code => :code_eval,
      :message => message,
      :user_input => input,
      :confidence => confidence,
      :cwe_id => [913, 95]
  end
end

#run_check ⇒ Object

Process calls



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# File 'lib/brakeman/checks/check_evaluation.rb', line 11

def run_check
  Brakeman.debug "Finding eval-like calls"
  calls = tracker.find_call methods: [:eval, :instance_eval, :class_eval, :module_eval], nested: true

  Brakeman.debug "Processing eval-like calls"
  calls.each do |call|
    process_result call
  end
end

#string_evaluation?(exp) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/brakeman/checks/check_evaluation.rb', line 49

def string_evaluation? exp
  string_interp? exp or
    (call? exp and string? exp.target)
end