A process is invoked with sensitive command-line arguments, environment variables, or other elements that can be seen by other processes on the operating system.
Many operating systems allow a user to list information about processes that are owned by other users. Other users could see information such as command line arguments or environment variable settings. When this data contains sensitive information such as credentials, it might allow other users to launch an attack against the product or related resources.
CVE-2005-1387password passed on command line
CVE-2005-2291password passed on command line
CVE-2001-1565username/password on command line allows local users to view via "ps" or other process listing programs
CVE-2004-1948Username/password on command line allows local users to view via "ps" or other process listing programs.
CVE-1999-1270PGP passphrase provided as command line argument.