Merge pull request #8424 from ihsinme/ihsinme-patch-fix077

Detection reduction on request

cpp/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-377/InsecureTemporaryFile.ql

@@ -13,30 +13,6 @@
 import cpp
 import semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumbering
 
-/** Holds for a function `f` that has an argument at index `apos` used to read the file. */
-predicate numberArgumentRead(Function f, int apos) {
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fgets") and apos = 2
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fread") and apos = 3
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("read") and apos = 0
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fscanf") and apos = 0
-}
-
-/** Holds for a function `f` that has an argument at index `apos` used to write to file */
-predicate numberArgumentWrite(Function f, int apos) {
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fprintf") and apos = 0
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fputs") and apos = 1
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("write") and apos = 0
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fwrite") and apos = 3
-  or
-  f.hasGlobalOrStdName("fflush") and apos = 0
-}
-
 from FunctionCall fc, string msg
 where
   // search for functions for generating a name, without a guarantee of the absence of a file during the period of work with it.
@@ -59,54 +35,4 @@ where
   ) and
   msg =
     "Finding the name of a file that does not exist does not mean that it will not be exist at the next operation."
-  or
-  // finding places to work with a file without setting permissions, but with predictable names.
-  (
-    fc.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("fopen") or
-    fc.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("open")
-  ) and
-  fc.getNumberOfArguments() = 2 and
-  exists(FunctionCall fctmp, int i |
-    numberArgumentWrite(fctmp.getTarget(), i) and
-    globalValueNumber(fc) = globalValueNumber(fctmp.getArgument(i))
-  ) and
-  not exists(FunctionCall fctmp, int i |
-    numberArgumentRead(fctmp.getTarget(), i) and
-    globalValueNumber(fc) = globalValueNumber(fctmp.getArgument(i))
-  ) and
-  exists(FunctionCall fctmp |
-    (
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("strcat") or
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("strcpy")
-    ) and
-    globalValueNumber(fc.getArgument(0)) = globalValueNumber(fctmp.getAnArgument())
-    or
-    fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("getenv") and
-    globalValueNumber(fc.getArgument(0)) = globalValueNumber(fctmp)
-    or
-    (
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("asprintf") or
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("vasprintf") or
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("xasprintf") or
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("xvasprintf ")
-    ) and
-    exists(Variable vrtmp |
-      vrtmp = fc.getArgument(0).(VariableAccess).getTarget() and
-      vrtmp = fctmp.getArgument(0).(AddressOfExpr).getAddressable() and
-      not vrtmp instanceof Field
-    )
-  ) and
-  not exists(FunctionCall fctmp |
-    (
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("umask") or
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("fchmod") or
-      fctmp.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("chmod")
-    ) and
-    (
-      fc.getBasicBlock().getASuccessor*() = fctmp.getBasicBlock() or
-      fctmp.getBasicBlock().getASuccessor*() = fc.getBasicBlock()
-    )
-  ) and
-  msg =
-    "Creating a file for writing without evaluating its existence and setting permissions can be unsafe."
 select fc, msg

cpp/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-377/semmle/tests/InsecureTemporaryFile.expected

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 | test.cpp:16:20:16:25 | call to tmpnam | Finding the name of a file that does not exist does not mean that it will not be exist at the next operation. |
-| test.cpp:42:8:42:12 | call to fopen | Creating a file for writing without evaluating its existence and setting permissions can be unsafe. |

cpp/ql/test/experimental/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-377/semmle/tests/test.cpp

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int funcTest3()
   FILE *fp;
   char filename[80];
   strcat(filename, "/tmp/tmp.name");
-  fp = fopen(filename,"w"); // BAD
+  fp = fopen(filename,"w"); // BAD [NOT DETECTED]
   fprintf(fp,"%s\n","data to file");
   fclose(fp);
   return 0;