CVE-2011-1742

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

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.

Affected products

EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4: through 5.8; 5.0-sp1, 5.6, 5.6.1, 5.7, 5.7-sp1, 5.7.1 (+1)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8318
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519012/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8318
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519012/100/0/threaded

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