CVE-2008-5981 — PacPoll 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for (1) poll.mdb or (2) poll97.mdb

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MEDIUM

PacPoll 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for (1) poll.mdb or (2) poll97.mdb

Published Jan 27, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.45%

Description

PacPoll 4.0 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for (1) poll.mdb or (2) poll97.mdb.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.45% 0.02446

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02446

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	2.45% (0.02446)	83.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.45% (0.02446)	82.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 19, 2026	5.31% (0.05314)	89.93th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 28, 2025	3.98% (0.03977)	87.88th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.82% (0.01824)	81.68th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.32% (0.00320)	71.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.32% (0.00320)	69.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 6, 2023	0.32% (0.00320)	66.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 27, 2023	0.28% (0.00282)	64.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00231)	59.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46976
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7318
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46976		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7318		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 27, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 26, 2009

Link CVE-2008-5981

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5981

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5981