CVE-2004-1724 Information

Description

The ReadMe First.txt file in PHP-Fusion 4.0 instructs users to set the permissions on the fusion_admin/db_backups directory to world read/write/execute (777) which allows remote attackers to download or view database backups which have easily guessable filenames and contain the administrator username and password.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109285292901685&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12336 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10974 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17037