PT-2008-5744 · Todd Woolums · Asp News Management

Ghost Hacker · Published 2008-10-09 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4511

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Todd Woolums ASP News Management version 2.21

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request due to insufficient access control of the db/news.mdb file stored under the web root.

Recommendations: For version 2.21, consider restricting access to the db/news.mdb file to prevent remote attackers from obtaining sensitive information. As a temporary workaround, move the db/news.mdb file outside of the web root directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4511

Affected Products

Asp News Management

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4511 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496787/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45838 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4380 · Note