Alan Ward A-CART 2.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alan Ward A-CART 2.0. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2948. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Alan Ward A-CART 2.0. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A-CART 2.0 stores the acart2_0.mdb file under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain username and password information.

The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2948 since 06/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10812 (Alan Ward A-Cart Web Accessable Database File Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9816), SecurityFocus (BID 5597†), OSVDB (26227†), Secunia (SA20485†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1005171†). The entries VDB-20354, VDB-21235 and VDB-30640 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2002 🔍
09/03/2002 +4 days 🔍
06/08/2006 +1374 days 🔍
06/12/2006 +4 days 🔍
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11/20/2006 +161 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3034 days 🔍
06/21/2025 +3754 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30737
X-Force: 9816
SecurityFocus: 5597 - Alan Ward A-Cart Web Accessable Database File Vulnerability
Secunia: 20485 - a.shopKart "scart.mdb" Exposure of Customer Information, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26227 - Alan Ward - A-Cart - Web Accessable Database File Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1005171
Vulnerability Center: 13120 - A-CART acart2_0.mdb Insufficient Access Control Allows Username and Password Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2207

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/21/2025 22:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (64), 07/11/2019 06:29 (2), 06/21/2025 22:17 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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