CVE-2008-6356 — evCal Events Calendar stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database containing the username and password via a direct request to (1) evcal.mdb and (2) evcal97.mdb

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evCal Events Calendar stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database containing the username and password via a direct request to (1) evcal.mdb and (2) evcal97.mdb

Published Mar 2, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.59%

Description

evCal Events Calendar stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database containing the username and password via a direct request to (1) evcal.mdb and (2) evcal97.mdb.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.59% 0.02587

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

EPSS probability 0.02587

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 (15 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.59% (0.02587)	84.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.59% (0.02587)	83.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 14, 2025	4.51% (0.04514)	88.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.09% (0.03095)	77.88th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.06% (0.02063)	82.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.66% (0.00664)	80.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 9, 2024	0.66% (0.00664)	79.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 7, 2024	0.66% (0.00664)	77.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 11, 2023	0.51% (0.00509)	73.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 31, 2023	0.45% (0.00448)	71.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 20, 2023	0.37% (0.00368)	68.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.34% (0.00342)	66.91th	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 (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/34258
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47265
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7419
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34258		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47265		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7419		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 2, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 2, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6356

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6356

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6356