CWE-493 Critical Public Variable Without Final Modifier

The product has a critical public variable that is not final.

• Integrity: Modify Application Data — If a field is non-final and public, it can be changed once the value is set by any function that has access to the class that contains the field. The object could potentially be tampered with. This could lead to a vulnerability if other parts of the program make assumptions about the contents of the field. • Confidentiality: Read Application Data — The object could potentially allow the object to be read.

• [Implementation] Declare all public fields as final when possible, especially if it is used to maintain internal state of an Applet or of classes used by an Applet. If a field must be public, then perform all appropriate sanity checks before accessing the field from your code.

• Automated Static Analysis: Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)