Nessus 2.0.10a credentials management ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nessus 2.0.10a. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-2722. There is no exploit available. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. It is recommended to add additional authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nessus 2.0.10a. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

** disputed ** nessus 2.0.10a stores account passwords in plaintext in .nessusrc files which allows local users to obtain passwords. note: the original researcher reports that the vendor has disputed this issue.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2003. The weakness was shared 12/31/2004 by Kevin Davis (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2722 since 10/06/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 121 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15644), OSVDB (4816†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1009575†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

12/02/2003 🔍
03/25/2004 +114 days 🔍
03/29/2004 +3 days 🔍
04/02/2004 +4 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +272 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2007 +1009 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2712 days 🔍
08/08/2024 +3439 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Kevin Davis
Status: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2004-2722 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2722
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23589
X-Force: 15644 - Nessus .nessusrc files contain usernames and passwords in plain text
OSVDB: 4816 - Nessus .nessusrc Username and Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1009575

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 08/08/2024 06:44
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (48), 08/13/2018 07:05 (11), 08/08/2024 06:44 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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