The Address Book MySQL export.php password information disclosure
| tab-mysql-password-info-disclosure (31244) |  Low Risk |
Description:
The Address Book could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a vulnerability in the export.php script. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted request to the export.php script to cause an error to be returned containing sensitive information including the username and MD5 password hash.
Platforms Affected:
- The Address Book, The Address Book 1.04e and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- SourceForge.net, The Address Book at http://sourceforge.net/projects/theaddressbook.
- BID-21870: The Address Book Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4578: export.php in The Address Book 1.04e writes username and password hash information into a publicly accessible file when dumping the MySQL database contents, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
- SA21694: The Address Book Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 03, 2007
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