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SMB Registry : Winlogon caches passwords

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Acertains the value of a remote key Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : User credentials are stored in memory. Description : The registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\CachedLogonsCount is non-null. It means that the remote host locally caches the passwords of the users when they log in, in order to continue to permit the users to log in in the case of the failure of the PDC. Solution : use regedt32 and set the value of this key to 0 Network Security Threat Level: Low / CVSS Base Score : 1 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:R/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:N) Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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