This topic describes the preconfigured "built-in" Test Configurations that are included with C++test.

C++test includes a set of preconfigured "built-in" Test Configurations representing most common test scenarios. You can further customize these configurations as needed by copying and modifying the built-in configurations, or by creating new user-defined configurations from scratch. User-defined Test Configurations can be placed in the User-defined or Team category. User-defined Test Configurations are stored on the local machine and are available for all tests performed by the local C++test installation. Team Test Configurations are stored on the team’s Team Server and can be accessed by all team members.

Static Analysis Group

This group includes universal static analysis test configurations. See Compliance Packs for test configurations that enforce coding standards

Test Configuration Description
Recommended Rules

The default configuration of recommended rules. Covers most Severity 1 and Severity 2 rules. Includes rules in the Flow Analysis Fast configuration.

Flow Analysis StandardDetects complex runtime errors without requiring test cases or application execution. Defects detected include using uninitialized or invalid memory, null pointer dereferencing, array and buffer overflows, division by zero, memory and resource leaks, and dead code.  This requires a special Flow Analysis license option. See Introducing Built-in Flow Analysis Test Configurations for more details on Flow Analysis Test Configurations.
Flow Analysis Fast The fast configuration uses "Shallowest" depth of analysis and runs faster than the standard and aggressive configurations. The fast configuration finds a moderate amount of problems and prevents violation number explosion. See Introducing Built-in Flow Analysis Test Configurations for more details on Flow Analysis Test Configurations.
Flow Analysis  AggressiveThe aggressive option reports any suspicious code as a violation. See Introducing Built-in Flow Analysis Test Configurations for more details on Flow Analysis Test Configurations.
Effective C++Checks rules from Scott Meyers’  "Effective C++" book. These rules check the efficiency of C++ programs.
Effective STLChecks rules from Scott Meyers’ "Effective STL" book.
Modern C++ (11, 14 and 17)Checks rules that enforce best practices for modern C++ standards (C++11, C++14, C++17).
Find Duplicated CodeDetects duplicated functions, code fragments, string literals, and #include directives.
Find Unused CodeIncludes rules for identifying unused/dead code.
MetricsReports metrics statistics and detects metric values out of acceptable ranges.
Global AnalysisChecks the Global Static Analysis rules.
Sutter-AlexandrescuChecks rules based on the book "C++ Coding Standards," by Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu.
The Power of TenChecks rules based on Gerard J. Holzmann’s article "The Power of Ten - Rules for Developing Safety Critical Code." (http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/Power_of_Ten.pdf)

Compliance Packs

Compliance Packs include test configurations tailored for particular compliance domains to help you enforce industry-specific compliance standards and practices. See Compliance Packs Rule Mapping for information how the standards are mapped to C/C++test's rules.

Displaying compliance results on DTP

Some test configurations in this category have a corresponding "Compliance" extension on DTP, which allows you to view your security compliance status, generate compliance reports, and monitor the progress towards your security compliance goals.  These test configurations require dedicated license features to be activated. Contact Parasoft Support for more details on Compliance Packs licensing.

See the "Extensions for DTP" section in the DTP documentation for the list of available extensions, requirements, and usage.

Aerospace Pack

Test Configuration Description
Joint Strike FighterChecks rules that enforce the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program coding standards.
DO178C Software Level A Unit TestingExecutes unit tests with appropriate configuration of coverage metrics and reporting settings for DO178C Software Level A
DO178C Software Level B Unit TestingExecutes unit tests with appropriate configuration of coverage metrics and reporting settings for DO178C Software Level B
DO178C Software Level C and D Unit TestingExecutes unit tests with appropriate configuration of coverage metrics and reporting settings for DO178C Software Level C and D

Automotive Pack

Test Configuration Description
AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines

Checks rules that enforce the AUTOSAR C++ Coding Guidelines (Adaptive Platform, version 19.03).

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP. It requires dedicated license features to be activated. Contact your Parasoft representative for details.

High Integrity C++Checks rules that enforce the High Integrity C++ Coding Standard.
HIS Source Code MetricsChecks metrics required by the Herstellerinitiative Software (HIS) group.
MISRA C 1998Checks rules that enforce the MISRA C coding standards.
MISRA C 2004Checks rules that enforce the MISRA C 2004 coding standards.
MISRA C++ 2008Checks rules that enforce the MISRA C++ 2008 coding standards.
MISRA C 2012

Checks rules that enforce the MISRA C 2012 coding standards.

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP. It requires dedicated license features to be activated. Contact your Parasoft representative for details.

ISO26262 ASIL A Unit TestingExecutes unit tests with appropriate configuration of coverage metrics and reporting settings for ISO26262 ASIL A
ISO26262 ASIL B and C Unit TestingExecutes unit tests with appropriate configuration of coverage metrics and reporting settings for ISO26262 ASIL B and C
ISO26262 ASIL D Unit TestingExecutes unit tests with appropriate configuration of coverage metrics and reporting settings for ISO26262 ASIL D

Medical Devices Pack

Test Configuration Description
Recommended Rules for FDA (C)Checks rules recommended for complying with the FDA General Principles for Software Validation (test configuration for the C language).
Recommended Rules for FDA (C++)Checks rules recommended for complying with the FDA General Principles for Software Validation (test configuration for the C++ language).

Security Pack

Test Configuration Description
CWE Top 25 2019

Includes rules that find issues classified as Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors of the CWE standard.

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP.

CWE Top 25 2019 + On the Cusp

Includes rules that find issues classified as Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors of the CWE standard or included on the CWE Weaknesses On the Cusp list.

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP.

OWASP Top 10 2017

Includes rules that find issues identified in OWASP’s Top 10 standard.

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP. It requires dedicated license features to be activated. Contact your Parasoft representative for details.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Checks rules for the security issues referenced in section 6 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) (https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml)

Issues detected include input validation (to prevent cross-site scripting, injection flaws, malicious file execution, etc.) and validation of proper error handling.

Security RulesChecks rules designed to prevent or identify security vulnerabilities.
SEI CERT C Coding GuidelinesChecks rules and recommendations for the SEI CERT C Coding Standard. This standard provides guidelines for secure coding. The goal is to facilitate the development of safe, reliable, and secure systems by, for example, eliminating undefined behaviors that can lead to undefined program behaviors and exploitable vulnerabilities.
SEI CERT C Rules

Checks rules for the SEI CERT C Coding Standard. This standard provides guidelines for secure coding. The goal is to facilitate the development of safe, reliable, and secure systems by, for example, eliminating undefined behaviors that can lead to undefined program behaviors and exploitable vulnerabilities.

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP. It requires dedicated license features to be activated. Contact your Parasoft representative for details.

SEI CERT C++ Rules

Checks rules for the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard. This standard provides guidelines for secure coding. The goal is to facilitate the development of safe, reliable, and secure systems by, for example, eliminating undefined behaviors that can lead to undefined program behaviors and exploitable vulnerabilities.

(info) This test configuration is part of Parasoft Compliance Pack solution that allows you to monitor compliance with industry standards using the "Compliance" extensions on DTP. It requires dedicated license features to be activated. Contact your Parasoft representative for details.

UL 2900Includes rules that find issues identified in the UL-2900 standard.

Unit Testing Group

Test Configuration Description
File Scope> Build Test Executable (File Scope)

Builds test executable for "trial builds."

Only the selected file(s) will be instrumented.

File Scope> Collect Stub Information (File Scope)

Collects symbols data to populate the Stubs view.

Only the selected file(s) will be instrumented.

File Scope> Debug Unit Tests (File Scope)

Executes unit tests under the debugger.

Only the selected file(s) will be instrumented.

File Scope> Generate Stubs (File Scope)

Generates stubs for missing function and variable definitions.

Only the selected file(s) will be instrumented.

File Scope> Run Unit Tests 

Executes the available test cases.

Only the selected file(s) will be instrumented.

Build Test Executable 

Builds test executable for "trial builds."

All project files will be instrumented.

Collect Stub Information 

Collects symbols data to populate the Stubs view.

All project files will be instrumented.

Debug Unit Tests 

Executes unit tests under the debugger.

All project files will be instrumented.

Generate Regression Base

Generates a baseline test suite that captures the project code’s current functionality; to detect changes from this baseline, you run your evolving code base against this test suite on a regular basis. 

Outcomes are automatically verified.

Generate Stubs

Generates stubs for missing function and variable definitions.

All project files will be instrumented.

Generate Test SuitesGenerates test suites (without generating test cases) for the selected resources.
Generate Unit TestsGenerates unit tests for the selected resources.
Run Unit Tests

Executes the available test cases.

All project files will be instrumented.

Run Unit Tests with Memory Monitoring

Executes the available test cases and collects information about memory problems.

All project files will be instrumented.

Application Monitoring Group

Test Configuration Description
Build Application with Coverage MonitoringBuilds the tested application with coverage monitoring enabled.
Build Application with Full MonitoringBuilds the tested application with coverage and memory monitoring enabled.
Build Application with Memory MonitoringBuilds the tested application with memory monitoring enabled.
Build and Run Application with Coverage MonitoringBuilds and executes the tested application with coverage monitoring enabled.
Build and Run Application with Full MonitoringBuilds and executes the tested application with coverage and memory monitoring enabled.
Build and Run Application with Memory MonitoringBuilds and executes the tested application with memory monitoring enabled.

Utilities Group

Test Configuration Description
Load Test Results (File)

Used to collect test results via the file channel. By default, this configuration assumes that logs are located inside ${cpptest:testware_loc}. If needed, you can customize this location to any file system location that can be accessed from the C++test GUI.

Load Test Results (Sockets)Used for "on the fly" collection of test results sent through TCP/IP sockets. It starts a java utility program to listen to and capture test results. You can customize the port numbers for test and coverage results. Port numbers are defined with the results_port and coverage_port properties. 
Extract Library SymbolsUsed to extract a list of symbols from external libraries (or object files). It should be used whenever C++test’s standard algorithm for collecting information about symbols from binaries is not sufficient. For example if you use a Wind River DKM type of project, you may want to have all symbols from the VxWorks image collected in this way. You will probably need to enter the location of the binaries you want to extract symbols from, as well as the name of the nm-like utility that can be used to dump the content of library/object file. 
Generate Stubs Using External Library SymbolsUsed to generate stubs after the "Extract Library Symbols" Test Configuration has been run. It assumes that a file with a list of symbols from external libraries is stored in the project temporary data. 
Load Application CoverageUsed to import the coverage data collected with the cpptestcc coverage tool into your IDE; see Collecting Application Coverage with cpptestcc.
Load Archived ResultsUsed to load the archived results into C/C++test; see Merging Results from Multiple Test Runs.

See Configuring Test Configurations and Rules for Policies  to learn how to develop custom Test Configurations that are tailored to your projects and team priorities.

Compliance Packs Rule Mapping

This section includes rule mapping for the CWE standard. The mapping information for other standards is available in the PDF rule mapping files shipped with Compliance Packs.

CWE Top 25 Mapping

CWE ID

CWE Name

Parasoft rule ID(s)

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-119-a
  • CWE-119-b
  • CWE-119-c
  • CWE-119-d
  • CWE-119-e
  • CWE-119-f
  • CWE-119-g
  • CWE-119-h
  • CWE-119-i
  • CWE-119-j

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

N/A

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

  • CWE-20-a
  • CWE-20-b
  • CWE-20-c
  • CWE-20-d
  • CWE-20-e
  • CWE-20-f
  • CWE-20-g
  • CWE-20-h
  • CWE-20-i
  • CWE-20-j

CWE-200

Information Exposure

  • CWE-200-a

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

  • CWE-125-a
  • CWE-125-b
  • CWE-125-c
  • CWE-125-d

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

  • CWE-89-a

CWE-416

Use After Free

  • CWE-416-a
  • CWE-416-b
  • CWE-416-c

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

  • CWE-190-a
  • CWE-190-b
  • CWE-190-c
  • CWE-190-d
  • CWE-190-e
  • CWE-190-f
  • CWE-190-g

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

N/A

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

  • CWE-22-a

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

  • CWE-78-a

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

  • CWE-787-a
  • CWE-787-b
  • CWE-787-c
  • CWE-787-d
  • CWE-787-e
  • CWE-787-f

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

  • CWE-287-a

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

  • CWE-476-a
  • CWE-476-b

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

  • CWE-732-a
  • CWE-732-b

CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

N/A

CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

  • CWE-611-a

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

N/A

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

  • CWE-798-a

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-400-a

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

  • CWE-772-a
  • CWE-772-b

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

  • CWE-426-a

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

N/A

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

  • CWE-269-a
  • CWE-269-b

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

N/A

CWE Weaknesses On the Cusp Mapping

CWE ID

CWE Name

Parasoft rule ID(s)

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

  • CWE-835-a

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

N/A

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

  • CWE-704-a
  • CWE-704-b
  • CWE-704-c
  • CWE-704-d
  • CWE-704-e
  • CWE-704-f
  • CWE-704-g
  • CWE-704-h
  • CWE-704-i
  • CWE-704-j
  • CWE-704-k
  • CWE-704-l

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

  • CWE-362-a
  • CWE-362-b
  • CWE-362-c
  • CWE-362-d
  • CWE-362-e

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

N/A

CWE-415

Double Free

  • CWE-415-a

CWE-601

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

N/A

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

  • CWE-863-a

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

N/A

CWE-532

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files

  • CWE-532-a

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

N/A

CWE-384

Session Fixation

N/A

CWE-326

Inadequate Encryption Strength

  • CWE-326-a

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

  • CWE-770-a

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion

  • CWE-617-a
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