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DameWare NT Utilities Authentication Credentials Persistence Weakness

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks for authentication credentials persistence weakness in DameWare NT Utilities Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote Windows host contains an application that is prone to a privilege escalation issue. Description : According to its version number, the copy of DameWare NT Utilities installed on the remote host permits a local user to recover authentication credentials because the application stores sensitive information in memory as plain text: username, password, remote user, and remote hostname. See also : http://www.shellsec.net/leer_advisory.php?id=7 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0225.html http://www.dameware.com/support/security/bulletin.asp?ID=SB5 Solution : Upgrade to DameWare NT Utilities 3.80 / 4.9 or later. Network Security Threat Level: Low / CVSS Base Score : 2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:R/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 13200 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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