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Remote Compromise Vulnerability in Macromedia Dreamweaver
A potential attacker can gain access to the back-end database server without supplying a user ID and password.
Ken Pfeil
April 6, 2004
1 Min Read
Reported April 5, 2004, by NGSSoftware.
VERSIONS AFFECTED
Dreamweaver MX 2004 (all versions)
Dreamweaver MX (all versions)
Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 (all versions)
DESCRIPTION
Dreamweaver by default creates and uploads a script to test remote database connectivity (mmhttpdb.asp) to the database-driven Web site being tested. If left on the server, the script can let a potential attacker access to the back-end database server without supplying a user ID and password.
VENDOR RESPONSE
The vendor,Macromedia, has released analert about this vulnerability.
CREDIT
Discovered byNGSSoftware.
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