Description

The application stores sensitive information in cleartext in the registry.

Attackers can read the information by accessing the registry key. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.

Modes of Introduction:

– Architecture and Design

Related Weaknesses

CWE-312

Consequences

Confidentiality: Read Application Data

Potential Mitigations

CVE References

• CVE-2005-2227
  • Cleartext passwords in registry key.