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Vulnerability Assessment Details

OfficeScan configuration file disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of /officescan/hotdownload/ofscan.ini

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition (Japanese version: Virus
Buster Corporate Edition) web-based management console let anybody
access /officescan/hotdownload without authentication.

Reading the configuration file /officescan/hotdownload/ofcscan.ini
will reveal information on your system. More, it contains passwords
that are encrypted by a weak specific algorithm
so they might be
decrypted

Solution : upgrade OfficeScan
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 3438

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi

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