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IIS ASP.NET Application Trace Enabled
Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for ASP.NET application tracing

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The ASP.NET web application running in the root
directory of this web server has application
tracing enabled. This would permit a possible hacker to
view the last 50 web requests made to this server,
including sensitive information like Session ID values
and the physical path to the requested file.

Solution: Set in web.config

Network Security Threat Level: High


Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Digital Defense Inc.
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