Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in Smart Guest Book 2.x, which may allow malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information. The problem is that the database file SmartGuestBook.mdb by default is accessible by anyone. This may disclose various information including the administrative username and password by downloading the file from an affected web site.
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TITLE:
Smart Guest Book Database Content Disclosure Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12401
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Smart Guest Book 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3846/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Smart Guest Book, which may
allow malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.
The problem is that the database file "SmartGuestBook.mdb" by default
is accessible by anyone. This may disclose various information
including the administrative username and password by downloading the
file from an affected web site.
SOLUTION:
Place the database file in a separate database directory and restrict
access to it.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Security .Net Information
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