Re: Nessus stores credentials in plain text

[~Kevin Davis³ <kevin.davis () mindless com>]

Q.  Does Nessus use username and password data and store it in plaintext
locally even after the client connections are long gone?

A. Yes.


If is not ok for vulnerability scanners like ISS and others to do this, why
is it ok for Nessus to do this?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond Morsman" <raymond () dyn org>
To: "~Kevin Davis³" <computerguy () cfl rr com>
Cc: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Nessus stores credentials in plain text


> On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 17:47, ~Kevin Davis³ wrote:
> > Many people would disagree that storing passwords in plaintext is not a
> > vulnerability.  This includes entities like ISS who were doing the same
> > thing and once realized it changed it.  I don't see how a plaintext
username
> > and
> > password is simply "system data" and not also credentials.  And guess
what?
> > Nessus itself has several plugins that check for plaintext passwords in
> > other applications.
>
> Q: Does Nessus use this data for its own persona-check?
> A: No, it uses it for client connections.
>
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