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CVE-2011-1742

EMC Data Protection Advisor before 5.8.1 places cleartext account credentials in the DPA configuration file in unspecified circumstances, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-1742 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from emc organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-08-01T19:55:00.927

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	≤ 5.8	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.0	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.6	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.6.1	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.7	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.7	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.7.1	Yes
Application	emc	data_protection_advisor	5.8	Yes

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8318 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519012/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8318 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519012/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

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