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CVE-2009-0498 (GCVE-0-2009-0498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-10 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:40
VLAI
Summary
Virtual GuestBook (vgbook) 2.1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file via a direct request to guestbook.mdb.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7744 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2009-01-13 00:00
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