CVE-2008-6051
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMetaCart Free stores metacart.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain usernames and passwords via a direct request.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMetaCart Free stores its Microsoft Access database file (metacart.mdb) under the web root without proper access controls, allowing remote attackers to directly request and download the file containing plaintext usernames and passwords.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Metacart installationSearch the web server filesystem for the file metacart.mdb. Common locations include the application root directory, /data/, /db/, or /app/ subdirectories under the web root.Affected if The file metacart.mdb exists on the server.
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Verify the file is under the web rootDetermine whether the directory containing metacart.mdb is served by the web server. Compare the file path to the web server's document root or web root configuration.Affected if The metacart.mdb file is located within a directory that the web server serves via HTTP.
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Confirm HTTP accessibilityAttempt to request the file via HTTP using a browser or curl command: http://[target]/metacart.mdb or http://[target]/[path-to-metacart]/metacart.mdbAffected if The file is downloadable via a direct HTTP request without authentication.
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Check for sensitive data exposureIf the file is accessible, download it and open it with Microsoft Access or an MDB viewer. Look for tables containing user credentials, usernames, or passwords in plaintext.Affected if The database contains plaintext usernames and passwords that could be retrieved by an attacker.
A server is affected if the metacart.mdb file exists within the web-accessible directory structure and is directly downloadable via HTTP without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataMove the metacart.mdb database file outside the web root directory and/or implement proper access controls to prevent unauthenticated HTTP requests to sensitive files.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-6051 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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