CVE-2007-4873 Information

Description

SimpNews 2.41.03 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary .inc files via a direct request as demonstrated by admin/includes/dbtables.inc.

Reference

http://forum.boesch-it.de/viewtopic.php?t=2791 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/066056.html http://osvdb.org/45479 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3173 http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0069 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480601/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36778