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SWAT Detection

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detects a SWAT Server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote host is running a web server for Samba administration.

Description :

The remote host is running SWAT, the Samba Web Administration Tool.

SWAT is a web-based configuration tool for Samba administration that
also permits for network-wide MS Windows network password management.

See also :

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/SWAT.html

Solution :

Either disable SWAT or limit access to authorized users and ensure that
it is set up with stunnel to encrypt network traffic.

Network Security Threat Level:

None

Networks Security ID:

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