Insecure Permissions on Database Backups in PHP-Fusion 4.0

CVE-2004-1724 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The ReadMe First.txt file in PHP-Fusion 4.0 instructs users to set the permissions on the fusion_admin/db_backups directory to world read/write/execute (777), which allows remote attackers to download or view database backups, which have easily guessable filenames and contain the administrator username and password.

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