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CVE-2008-2857 (GCVE-0-2008-2857)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-25 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:14
VLAI
Summary
AlstraSoft AskMe Pro 2.1 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5821 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-06-14 00:00
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