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Vulnerability Assessment Details

EZsite Forum Discloses Passwords to Remote Users

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for EZsiteForum.mdb password database

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running EZsite Forum.

It is reported that this software stores usernames and passwords in
plaintext form in the 'Database/EZsiteForum.mdb' file. A remote user
can reportedly download this database.

Solution : No solution was available at the time. Configure your web server
to dispermit the download of .mdb files.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 deepquest

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