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Credentials Management Errors

CVE-2004-2722

Severity Low
Score 2.1/10

Summary

Nessus 2.0.10a stores account passwords in plaintext in .nessusrc files, which allows local users to obtain passwords. NOTE: the original researcher reports that the vendor has disputed this issue

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-255 - Credentials Management Errors

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of credentials.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published