# CVE-2007-4656: backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line argu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-09-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/26657
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439392
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25503
- http://www2.backup-manager.org/Release063
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29377
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018639
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1518
- http://bugzilla.backup-manager.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=173
- http://osvdb.org/37444

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