cve/2008/CVE-2008-5597.md

### [CVE-2008-5597](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5597)
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### Description

Cold BBS stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file via a direct request for db/cforum.mdb.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4756
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7353

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.