cve/2008/CVE-2008-5898.md

### [CVE-2008-5898](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5898)
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### Description

CodeAvalanche Directory stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CADirectory.mdb.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4907
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7468

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