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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2008-6955

High
7.5/10

Summary

mxCamArchive 2.2 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain configuration details and passwords via a direct request for archive/config.ini.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published