{"id":"CVE-2017-8391","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"The OS Installation Management component in CA Client Automation r12.9, r14.0, and r14.0 SP1 places an encrypted password into a readable local file during operating system install","description":"The OS Installation Management component in CA Client Automation r12.9, r14.0, and r14.0 SP1 places an encrypted password into a readable local file during operating system installation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file after operating system installation.","publishedAt":"2017-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-05T16:34:22.699Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038410","https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20170504-01-security-notice-for-ca-client-automation-os-installation-mgmt.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98344"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:43:57.959Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2017/8xxx/CVE-2017-8391.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2017-8391","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2017-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T16:34:22.699Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2017-05-01T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The OS Installation Management component in CA Client Automation r12.9, r14.0, and r14.0 SP1 places an encrypted password into a readable local file during operating system installation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file after operating system installation."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038410","name":"1038410","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20170504-01-security-notice-for-ca-client-automation-os-installation-mgmt.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98344","name":"98344","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2017-07-07T09:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2017-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2017-8391","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"The OS Installation Management component in CA Client Automation r12.9, r14.0, and r14.0 SP1 places an encrypted password into a readable local file during operating system installation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file after operating system installation."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"1038410","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038410"},{"name":"https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20170504-01-security-notice-for-ca-client-automation-os-installation-mgmt.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20170504-01-security-notice-for-ca-client-automation-os-installation-mgmt.html"},{"name":"98344","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98344"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038410","name":"1038410","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20170504-01-security-notice-for-ca-client-automation-os-installation-mgmt.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98344","name":"98344","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T16:34:22.699Z"}}]}}}