Title : Backup Manager "backup-methods.sh" Database Password Disclosure Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2412 CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-07-02
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Backup Manager, which could be exploited by malicious users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error in the "lib/backup-methods.sh" script that passes the database password as an argument to the command line, which could be exploited by local attackers to disclose the password and gain unauthorized access to the database.
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