CVE-2008-5572 describes a vulnerability in Professional Download Assistant 0.1 where sensitive information, specifically the downloads.mdb database file, is stored under the web root with insufficient access controls. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to directly download the database. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dotnetindex:professional_download_assistant:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.