CWE-314—Cleartext Storage in the Registry

Weakness Name

Cleartext Storage in the Registry

Description

The product 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.

Common Consequences

Scope:

Confidentiality

Impact:

Read Application Data

Related Weaknesses

• CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information