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Adobe Contribute Publishing Server Administrator Password Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for administrator password in Adobe Contribute Publishing Server installation log

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by an
information disclosure vulnerability.

Description :

Adobe Contribute Publishing Server, a web publishing management
application, is installed on the remote Windows host.

The version of Contribute Publishing Server on the remote host logged
a copy of the password specified for the administrator as part of the
installation process. A local user may be able to leverage this flaw
to gain administrative access to the affected application and
potentially other resources.

See also :

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-15.html

Solution :

Change the application's administrator password and remove the
installation log as described in the vendor advisory referenced above.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 1.6
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:N/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 20439

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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