CVE-2008-5597

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

16/12/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Cold BBS 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 db/cforum.mdb.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cold_bbs:cold_bbs:_nil_:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4756
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47128
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7353
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4756
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47128
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7353