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e107 database dump

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
e107 flaw

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP application that suffers from an
information disclosure flaw.

Description :

There is a flaw in the remote installation of e107 - the script
'admin/db.php' lets anyone obtain a dump of the remote SQL database by
sending the proper request to the remote server. A possible hacker may use
this flaw to obtain the MD5 hashes of the passwords of the users of
this web site.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/330332
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0336.html

Solution :

The vendor claims the db_dump code requires admin credentials so this
may be a non-issue.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:C)

Networks Security ID: 8273

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