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Remote attackers can crash Lynx and Internet Explorer using an IMG tag with a large width parameter.

A remote attacker can gain access to a file system using .. (dot dot) when accessing SMB shares.

A mail server is explicitly configured to allow SMTP mail relay, which allows abuse by spammers.

An unrestricted remote trust relationship for Unix systems has been set up, e.g. by using a + sign in /etc/hosts.equiv.

The permissions for system-critical data in an anonymous FTP account are inappropriate. For example, the root directory

A system is operating in "promiscuous" mode which allows it to perform packet sniffing.

A trust relationship exists between two Unix hosts.

An SSH server allows authentication through the .rhosts file.

A superfluous NFS server is running, but it is not importing or exporting any file systems.

NFS exports system-critical data to the world, e.g. / or a password file.

A Unix account with a name other than "root" has UID 0, i.e. root privileges.

Two or more Unix accounts have the same UID.

A system-critical Unix file or directory has inappropriate permissions.

A system-critical Windows NT file or directory has inappropriate permissions.

IIS has the #exec function enabled for Server Side Include (SSI) files.

An attacker can force a printer to print arbitrary documents (e.g. if the printer doesn't require a password) or to beco

A Sendmail alias allows input to be piped to a program.

rpc.admind in Solaris is not running in a secure mode.

A URL for a WWW directory allows auto-indexing, which provides a list of all files in that directory if it does not cont

Windows NT is not using a password filter utility, e.g. PASSFILT.DLL.

A router's configuration service or management interface (such as a web server or telnet) is configured to allow connect

A Windows NT system's file audit policy does not log an event success or failure for non-critical files or directories.

A Windows NT system's registry audit policy does not log an event success or failure for non-critical registry keys.

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key in a Windows NT system has inappropriate, system-critical permissions.

The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key in a Windows NT system has inappropriate, system-critical permissions.

There is a one-way or two-way trust relationship between Windows NT domains.

A Windows NT file system is not NTFS.

A WWW server is not running in a restricted file system, e.g. through a chroot, thus allowing access to system-critical

A system-critical Windows NT registry key has inappropriate permissions.

An event log in Windows NT has inappropriate access permissions.

The Logon box of a Windows NT system displays the name of the last user who logged in.

A Windows NT system does not restrict access to removable media drives such as a floppy disk drive or CDROM drive.

A Windows NT log file has an inappropriate maximum size or retention period.

A Windows NT account policy does not forcibly disconnect remote users from the server when their logon hours expire.

A network intrusion detection system (IDS) does not properly handle packets that are sent out of order, allowing an atta

A network intrusion detection system (IDS) does not properly handle packets with improper sequence numbers.

A network intrusion detection system (IDS) does not verify the checksum on a packet.

A network intrusion detection system (IDS) does not properly handle data within TCP handshake packets.

A network intrusion detection system (IDS) does not properly reassemble fragmented packets.

In Windows NT, an inappropriate user is a member of a group, e.g. Administrator, Backup Operators, Domain Admins, Domain

A system-critical Windows NT registry key has an inappropriate value.

The rexec service is running.

The NT Alerter and Messenger services are running.

The discard service is running.

The Gopher service is running.

A component service related to NIS+ is running.

The OS/2 or POSIX subsystem in NT is enabled.

A system is running a version of software that was replaced with a Trojan Horse at one of its distribution points, such

A system-critical program or library does not have the appropriate patch, hotfix, or service pack installed, or is outda

A system-critical program, library, or file has a checksum or other integrity measurement that indicates that it has bee