Rule:
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Sid:
1103
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Summary:
This event is generated when a client is requesting a file that may 
contain an administrator name and password.

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Impact:
An attacker may be able to gain administrator access to your web server.

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Detailed Information:
Some versions of Netscape Enterprise Server  put a world readable text 
file containing the administrator user name and encrypted password in a 
standard location within the URI space. By acessing this, an attacker 
may be able to brute force guess or even decrypt the password.

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Affected Systems:
	Netscape Enterprise/3.6 SP3
	Netscape Fasttrack/3.0.2
	Netscape Messaging Server/3.6
	Netscape Messaging Server/4.15p2
	Netscape Collabra Server/3.54

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Attack Scenarios:
This is an information gathering operation that could allow an attacker 
to execute a brute force password guessing attack.

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Ease of Attack:
Moderate.   The file is easy enough to get access to, but the password 
is still encrypted.

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False Positives:
None.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Set appropriate permissions on this file or upgrade your web server 
software.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Research Team
Brian Caswell <bmc@sourcefire.com>
Snort documentation contributed by Kevin Peuhkurinen

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Additional References:

Secureiteam
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5OR040A1UG.html

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