CVE-2008-6057 — Doug Luxem Liberum Help Desk 0.97.3 stores db/helpdesk2000.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a direct request

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MEDIUM

Doug Luxem Liberum Help Desk 0.97.3 stores db/helpdesk2000.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a direct request

Published Feb 4, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.23%

Description

Doug Luxem Liberum Help Desk 0.97.3 stores db/helpdesk2000.mdb under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a direct request.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.23% 0.02229

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02229

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.23% (0.02229)	82.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.23% (0.02229)	80.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 27, 2025	3.98% (0.03977)	88.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.82% (0.01824)	81.68th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.44% (0.00439)	75.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.44% (0.00439)	74.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.44% (0.00439)	70.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47421
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7493
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47421		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7493		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 4, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 4, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6057

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6057

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6057