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Test case 94225

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CWE: 319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
BadSource: connect_socket Read the password using a connect socket (client side)
GoodSource: Use a hardcoded password (one that was not sent over the network)
Sinks:
GoodSink: Decrypt the password before using it in an authentication API call to show that it was transferred as ciphertext
BadSink : Use the password directly from the source in an authentication API call to show that it was transferred as plaintext
Flow Variant: 53 Data flow: data passed as an argument from one function through two others to a fourth; all four functions are in different source files

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