CVE-2008-6147 — ForumApp 3.3 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) data/8690.mdb or (2) data/8690BAK.mdb

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ForumApp 3.3 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) data/8690.mdb or (2) data/8690BAK.mdb

Published Feb 16, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.23%

Description

ForumApp 3.3 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) data/8690.mdb or (2) data/8690BAK.mdb.

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 (14 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)
Nov 26, 2025	4.61% (0.04615)	88.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.03% (0.02034)	82.20th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.99% (0.04993)	82.47th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.13% (0.02127)	82.98th	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 27, 2023	0.32% (0.00320)	67.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 17, 2023	0.28% (0.00282)	64.42th	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)

http://secunia.com/advisories/33344
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7599
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33344		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7599		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 16, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 16, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6147

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6147

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6147