THREAT MONITOR ACTIVE
CVE DATABASE: 2026-03-21
DASVS v1.2 FRAMEWORK

// OWASP Desktop App Security Top 10

SECURE
YOUR APPS

Desktop applications run locally with access to system resources, filesystems, and hardware — a fundamentally different threat model than web or mobile. Know your attack surface.

PROTECTED
INJECTION VULNERABILITY DETECTED IN LEGACY THICK CLIENT INSECURE CREDENTIAL STORAGE FOUND IN WINDOWS REGISTRY UNENCRYPTED IPC CHANNEL EXPOSED TO LOCAL PRIVILEGE ESCALATION DLL HIJACKING VECTOR IDENTIFIED IN UPDATE MECHANISM HARDCODED API KEY IN BINARY — CVE-2025-8821 WEAK TLS 1.0 CIPHER SUITE IN NETWORK COMMUNICATION MISSING CODE SIGNING ENABLES TAMPERED BINARY EXECUTION INJECTION VULNERABILITY DETECTED IN LEGACY THICK CLIENT INSECURE CREDENTIAL STORAGE FOUND IN WINDOWS REGISTRY UNENCRYPTED IPC CHANNEL EXPOSED TO LOCAL PRIVILEGE ESCALATION DLL HIJACKING VECTOR IDENTIFIED IN UPDATE MECHANISM HARDCODED API KEY IN BINARY — CVE-2025-8821 WEAK TLS 1.0 CIPHER SUITE IN NETWORK COMMUNICATION MISSING CODE SIGNING ENABLES TAMPERED BINARY EXECUTION
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Critical Vulnerability Categories
0%
Apps with Insecure Local Storage
0x
Larger Attack Surface vs Web Apps
0+
DASVS Security Requirements
// OWASP Desktop App Security — Top 10 Vulnerabilities
01
Injections
SQLi / CMDi / LDAPi
02
Broken Authentication
Session / Auth Bypass
03
Sensitive Data Exposure
Memory / Log Leaks
04
Improper Cryptography
Weak TLS / Bad Keys
05
Security Misconfiguration
Registry / Firewall / ACL
06
Insecure Communication
Plaintext / No TLS
07
Poor Code Quality
Overflow / Memory Corruption
08
Client-Side Controls
Bypass / Tampering
09
Outdated Components
Unpatched Libraries
10
Logging & Monitoring
Insufficient / Weak Logs
// Interactive Security Posture Analyzer

Check Your App's Security Posture

Enter your application type or framework to simulate a security assessment.

0 RISK

Analyzing...

Running security assessment across 12 DASVS domains.

// Attack Surface Architecture
⚠
External Attacker
THREAT
🌐
Network Layer (TLS/Plaintext)
REVIEW
🖥
Desktop Application
REVIEW
⚙
OS / Kernel / Registry
SECURED
💾
Local Storage / Database
EXPOSED
🔗
IPC / Named Pipes / Sockets
REVIEW

Security Hardening Checklist

Click any layer in the architecture diagram to explore attack vectors and mitigations specific to that layer.

✓
Enable TLS 1.3 for all network communication
✓
Encrypt sensitive data at rest (AES-256)
✓
Implement code signing for all binaries
✓
Avoid hardcoded credentials in binaries
✓
Validate all input before processing
✓
Apply principle of least privilege
✓
Implement secure logging without sensitive data
✓
Enable ASLR and DEP memory protections
// Security Assessment Output
dasec-scanner — bash — 80×24
$ dasec scan --target myapp.exe --profile dasvs-l2
# Desktop Application Security Verification Standard v1.2
[*] Initializing scan engine...
[*] Loading CVE database (2026-03-21)
[*] Enumerating application attack surface...
# Domain 1: Architecture & Design
[+] Code signing verified: SHA-256 valid
[!] Unnecessary permissions found: SYSTEM-level IPC channel
# Domain 2: Authentication
[!] Session token not invalidated on logout (CVE-2024-7731)
[+] MFA implementation detected
# Domain 3: Network Communication
[!] TLS 1.0 still enabled in cipher suite
[+] Certificate validation: PASS
# Domain 4: Local Storage
[✗] CRITICAL: Credentials stored in HKCU registry (plaintext)
[✗] CRITICAL: API key hardcoded in config.ini
# Scan complete — 2 critical, 2 warnings, 2 passed
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