Microsoft's MS03-039 Scanner Reports False Negatives

[Jack Polimer]

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Jack

--- Carlton Foster <c.a.foster at larc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Which plugin are you using for this?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jack Polimer" <packetjack at yahoo.com>
> To: "nessus" <nessus at list.nessus.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:02 PM
> Subject: Microsoft's MS03-039 Scanner Reports False
> Negatives
> 
> 
> > This is a little OT...
> > 
> > I performed an MS03-039 scan with with Nessus and
> > performed a sanity check with Microsoft's MS03-039
> > scanner, KB824146Scan.exe.  Microsoft's scanner
> > reported instances of false negatives (scanner
> said
> > box was patched when it was not) on devices that
> were
> > known not to have been patched.  Has anyone else
> run
> > across this?
> > 
> > I'd like to validate that Microsoft's scanner has
> > problems and that Nessus results are more sound.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jack
> > 
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