full-disclosure - Nessus stores credentials in plain text

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From: raymond at dyn.org (Raymond Morsman)
Subject: Nessus stores credentials in plain text

On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 17:47, ~Kevin Davis? 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.