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Local users information : Can't change password

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Lists the users that have special privileges

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

It is possible to retrieve users who can not change their password
using the supplied credentials.

Description :

Using the supplied credentials it was possible to extract the list of
users who can not change their password.
It is recommended to permit/force users to change their password for
security reasons.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:C)

Networks Security ID:

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