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Test case 134525

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CWE: 256 Plaintext Storage of a Password. Read the password from a Properties file or a regular file. In the good case, read the file from the console.
BadSource: Read password from a .properties file (from the property named password)
GoodSource: Read password from a .properties file (from the property named password) and then decrypt it
Sinks:
GoodSink: Decrypt password and use decrypted password as password to connect to DB
BadSink : Use password as password to connect to DB
Flow Variant: 21 Control flow: Flow controlled by value of a private variable. All functions contained in one file.

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