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CVE-2008-6539 (GCVE-0-2008-6539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-30 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:34
VLAI
Summary
Static code injection vulnerability in user/settings/ in DeStar 0.2.2-5 allows remote authenticated users to add arbitrary administrators and inject arbitrary Python code into destar_cfg.py via a crafted pin parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5305 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-03-23 00:00
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