CVE-2004-2722

medium

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

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15644

http://www.osvdb.org/4816

http://securitytracker.com/id?1009575

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/1363.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00069