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Guest access allowed to Windows event logs

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Guest access allowed to Windows event logs

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/01/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2004
Modified
10/20/2021

Description

One or more Windows event logs have been configured to allow guest access. Windows event logs contain information about application, security, and system events taking place on the local machine. These logs can contain sensitive information, therefore only administrators should be allowed to read them.

Solution(s)

  • windows-eventlog-guest-access

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