Executable .rdata section
ID PE118 Level ERROR Category Security
Description
The executable contains the .rdata section which is marked executable.
This section is typically dedicated to read-only data and thus should be placed to read-only memory.
Having an executable .rdata section may make it easier for an attacker to exploit memory corruption vulnerabilities.
Mitigation
- Make sure you are not merging sections with different memory access attributes.
- Do not explicitly change memory attributes. If doing so, do not mark the
.rdatasection executable.
If using Visual C++:
- Look for the
/SECTIONoption in the linker command line or the corresponding#pragma sectiondeclarations in the code.
Arguments
This rule has no output arguments.
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