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Microsoft Frontpage 'authors' exploits

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of Microsoft Frontpage extensions

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote web server appears to be running with
Frontpage extensions and lets the file 'authors.pwd'
to be downloaded by everyone.

This is a security concern since this file contains
sensitive data.

Solution : Contact Microsoft for a fix.

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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