CVE-2008-6057

Exp

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: 2009-02-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6057 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.23%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6057

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7493 exploit_db edb 2008-12-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6057

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 4.49% 2.23% -2.26%
2 2026-03-27 4.08% 4.49% +0.41%
3 2026-02-04 — 4.08% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6057

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6057

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6057

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
liberum liberum_help_desk 0.97.3 cpe:2.3:a:liberum:liberum_help_desk:0.97.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6057

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