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Vulnerability Assessment Details

guestbook tr3 password storage

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of passwd.txt

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It is possible to retrieve the password of the remote guestbook application
by requesting the file 'passwd.txt' in files/

Solution : Delete the guestbook CGI
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 7167

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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