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Vulnerability Assessment Details

SMB share hosting office files

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Lists .doc, .ppt, .xls and other office related files

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote share contains Office-related files

Description :

This test connects to the remotely accessible SMB shares
and attempts to find office related files (such as .doc, .ppt,
.xls, .pdf etc).

Solution :

Make sure that the files containing confidential information have
proper access controls set on them.

Network Security Threat Level:

None

Networks Security ID:

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