Ikon AdManager 2.1 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file via a direct request for ikonBAnner_AdManager.mdb.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5596 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.59%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7372 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-12-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 5.90% | 2.59% | -3.31% |
| 2 | 2026-02-05 | 5.37% | 5.90% | +0.53% |
| 3 | 2025-12-16 | — | 5.37% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| dotnetindex | ikon_admanager | <= 2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:dotnetindex:ikon_admanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |