CVE-2008-6440

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-6440 · Published 06/03/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-6440 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting cerberus helpdesk (cerberus), cerberus helpdesk (webgroupmedia).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cerberus helpdesk cerberus	`= 2.5`	No fix yet
cerberus helpdesk webgroupmedia	`= 0.97.3= 2.0= 2.1= 2.2= 2.3= 2.4= 2.6.1= 2.649= 2.7= 2.7.1= 3.2= 3.2.1≤ 3.3`	No fix yet

Description

Cerberus Helpdesk before 4.0 (Build 600) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests for "controllers ... that aren't standard helpdesk pages," possibly involving the (1) /display and (2) /kb URIs.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30344 · Vendor Advisory
cerb4.com/blog/2008/05/15/important-security-patch-40-build-599 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/29335

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In short

CVE-2008-6440 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting cerberus helpdesk (cerberus), cerberus helpdesk (webgroupmedia).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.1% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

cerberus helpdesk

cerberus

= 2.5

No fix yet

cerberus helpdesk

webgroupmedia

= 0.97.3= 2.0= 2.1= 2.2= 2.3= 2.4= 2.6.1= 2.649= 2.7= 2.7.1= 3.2= 3.2.1≤ 3.3

No fix yet

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