Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix

Web vulnerabilities have become a major threat to the security of information and services accessible via the internet. Dynamic analysis based Web Vulnerability Scanners (WVS) have been employed to facilitate detection of vulnerabilities, though, such scanners could not remove the detected vulnerabi...

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Main Authors: Md Sultan, Abu Bakar, Abdullah@Selimun, Mohd Taufik, Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty, Zulzalil, Hazura, Umar, Kabir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Publishing Corporation 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73465/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73465/1/SQL.pdf
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author Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Abdullah@Selimun, Mohd Taufik
Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty
Zulzalil, Hazura
Umar, Kabir
author_facet Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Abdullah@Selimun, Mohd Taufik
Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty
Zulzalil, Hazura
Umar, Kabir
author_sort Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
building UPM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Web vulnerabilities have become a major threat to the security of information and services accessible via the internet. Dynamic analysis based Web Vulnerability Scanners (WVS) have been employed to facilitate detection of vulnerabilities, though, such scanners could not remove the detected vulnerabilities. Empirical evidences show that some existing static analysis techniques targeted both detection and removal of vulnerabilities. However, these techniques are not adequately effective – they report considerably large number of false positives and do not achieve fully automatic vulnerabilities removal. Although, clear understanding of the workflow of WVSs is very essential in designing more improved scanners, current literature does not provide a comprehensive presentation on workflow of WVSs. Thus, this paper presents thorough description of generic WVS through synthesis and aggregation of knowledge. In addition, the paper presents overview of an Evolutionary Programming (EP) based static analysis method for automatic detection and removal of vulnerabilities called EPSQLiFix. Lastly, the paper compares the workflow of WVSs to that of EPSQLiFix method.
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spelling upm-734652021-01-26T19:51:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73465/ Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix Md Sultan, Abu Bakar Abdullah@Selimun, Mohd Taufik Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty Zulzalil, Hazura Umar, Kabir Web vulnerabilities have become a major threat to the security of information and services accessible via the internet. Dynamic analysis based Web Vulnerability Scanners (WVS) have been employed to facilitate detection of vulnerabilities, though, such scanners could not remove the detected vulnerabilities. Empirical evidences show that some existing static analysis techniques targeted both detection and removal of vulnerabilities. However, these techniques are not adequately effective – they report considerably large number of false positives and do not achieve fully automatic vulnerabilities removal. Although, clear understanding of the workflow of WVSs is very essential in designing more improved scanners, current literature does not provide a comprehensive presentation on workflow of WVSs. Thus, this paper presents thorough description of generic WVS through synthesis and aggregation of knowledge. In addition, the paper presents overview of an Evolutionary Programming (EP) based static analysis method for automatic detection and removal of vulnerabilities called EPSQLiFix. Lastly, the paper compares the workflow of WVSs to that of EPSQLiFix method. Science Publishing Corporation 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73465/1/SQL.pdf Md Sultan, Abu Bakar and Abdullah@Selimun, Mohd Taufik and Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty and Zulzalil, Hazura and Umar, Kabir (2018) Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix. International Journal of Engineering and Technology (UAE), 7 (4.31). 40 - 45. ISSN 2227-524X https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/23338 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.31.23338
spellingShingle Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Abdullah@Selimun, Mohd Taufik
Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty
Zulzalil, Hazura
Umar, Kabir
Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix
title Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix
title_full Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix
title_fullStr Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix
title_full_unstemmed Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix
title_short Comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for SQL injection vulnerabilities detection and removal EPSQLiFix
title_sort comparing web vulnerability scanners with a new method for sql injection vulnerabilities detection and removal epsqlifix
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73465/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73465/1/SQL.pdf