CVE-2008-5898 (GCVE-0-2008-5898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-12 19:27 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
VLAI
Summary
CodeAvalanche Directory stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CADirectory.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33100 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4907 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7468 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-12-15 00:00
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