.ost File Email Attachment Detection

info Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3943

Synopsis

The remote host was just observed sending a .ost file.

Description

The remote host was just observed sending the indicated .ost file.
.ost files are offline storage tables of personal information. The file was observed being sent as an email attachment. If the file is confidential, check your mail server logs to see who the sender and/or recipient was.

Solution

N/A

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 3943

Family: Data Leakage

Published: 3/12/2007

Updated: 6/1/2015