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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10321
Category:Web application abuses
Title:wwwboard passwd.txt
Summary:This WWWBoard board system comes with a password file (passwd.txt) installed; next to the file 'wwwboard.html'.
Description:Summary:
This WWWBoard board system comes with a password file (passwd.txt) installed
next to the file 'wwwboard.html'.

Vulnerability Impact:
An attacker may obtain the content of this file and decode the password to
modify the remote www board.

Solution:
Configure the wwwadmin.pl script to change the name and location of
'passwd.txt'.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0953
Bugtraq: 19980903 wwwboard.pl vulnerability (Google Search)
Bugtraq: 19990916 More fun with WWWBoard (Google Search)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0953
CopyrightCopyright (C) 1999 Jonathan Provencher

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