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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-5773 EUVD-2008-5743GHSA-fr79-wrcg-rgxc

Nukedit 4.9.8 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download t…

Published Dec 30, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Nukedit 4.9.8 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing usernames and passwords via a direct request for database/dbsite.mdb.

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

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

References

  • 7491 exploit
  • 4840 third-party-advisory
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