Description
PlanetMoon Guestbook tr3.a stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the admin script password, and other passwords, via a direct request to files/passwd.txt.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Planetmoon - Guestbook Clear Text Password Retrieval EDB-22408 · webapps · Mar 21, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- guestbooktr3a-plaintext-password-disclosure(11609) vdb-entry
- 1006360 vdb-entry
- 3653 third-party-advisory
- 7167 vdb-entry
- 20030321 Guestbook tr3.a mailing-list
- 8392 third-party-advisory