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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2009-0732

Medium
5/10

Summary

Downloadcenter 2.1 stores common.h under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain user credentials and other sensitive information via a direct request. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published