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CVE-2008-6871 (GCVE-0-2008-6871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-23 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49

Summary

Merlix Educate Server stores db.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified sensitive information via a direct request.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

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http://secunia.com/advisories/33018	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7348	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Date Public

2008-12-05 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2008-6871

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-07-23 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:03

Severity

Summary

Merlix Educate Server stores db.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified sensitive information via a direct request.

References

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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7348

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	merlix	educate_server	-

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GHSA-PHWG-4X97-RWCH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:37 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:37

Details

Merlix Educate Server stores db.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified sensitive information via a direct request.

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GSD-2008-6871

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

Details

Merlix Educate Server stores db.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified sensitive information via a direct request.

Aliases

CVE-2008-6871

Aliases

CVE-2008-6871

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      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-09-29T01:33Z",
      "publishedDate": "2009-07-23T19:30Z"
    }
  }
}

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