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Never use CoSetProxyBlanket or CoInitializeSecurity

  • Vulnerability
  • Critical

Rule description

  • Calls to subroutines CoSetProxyBlanket, CoInitializeSecurity and CoInitializeSecurityAlias can generate security breaches. Visual Expert will find such calls in PowerBuilder code to help remove them.

 

Non-compliant Code Example 

SUBROUTINE CoInitializeSecurityAlias(string uExitCode) LIBRARY "ole32.dll" ALIAS FOR "CoInitializeSecurity"
SUBROUTINE CoInitializeSecurity(string uExitCode) LIBRARY "ole32.dll"
SUBROUTINE CoSetProxyBlanket(string uExitCode) LIBRARY "ole32.dll"
Visual Expert 2020
 VEPBRULE16