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Singapore MD5 Administrative Password Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks adminusers.csv presence

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Singapore is a PHP based photo gallery web application.

Due to inaddequate security settings, the file used to stored the
administrative password is easily accessible, and the MD5 with which
the product protects the password is feasibably crackable.

Solution: Use the web site's ACL to deny access to the file adminusers.csv.
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Noam Rathaus

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