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CVE-2008-3579 (GCVE-0-2008-3579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
Calacode @Mail 5.41 on Linux does not require administrative authentication for build-plesk-upgrade.php, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by creating and downloading a backup archive of the entire @Mail directory tree. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote exploitation of CVE-2008-3395. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31279 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-08-06 00:00
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