Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been discovered in Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Mambo configuration.php SQL Password Disclosure Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47498
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-10
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in Mambo, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive information.
The security issue is caused due to the password for a SQL user being
stored in plain text in the world-readable file configuration.php
within the installation directory.
The security issue is confirmed in version 4.6.5. Other version may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the configuration.php file.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Larry W. Cashdollar
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/108462/mambocms465-permdosdisclose.txt
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