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Test case 52396

Deprecated test case

This version contains mistakes, making it deprecated. Deprecated test cases should not be used for new work. However, They remain in the SARD as a reference to redo previous work.
Type
source code
State
mixed
Status
deprecated
Language
Java
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Description

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: PropertiesFile Read data from a .properties file (from the property named data)
GoodSource: Read data from the console using readLine
Sinks: basic
GoodSink: Use decrypted data as password to connect to DB
BadSink : Use data as password to connect to DB
Flow Variant: 53 Data flow: data passed as an argument from one method to another to another in three different classes in the same package

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