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CVE-2004-2722

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected Platforms

Nessus Nessus

Weakness Type

CWE-255

References