EMC Watch4Net before 6.3 stores cleartext polled-device passwords in the installation repository, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging repository privileges.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.