CVE-2008-0405
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allow…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allow remote attackers to create arbitrary (1) files and (2) directories via a .. (dot dot) in an account name, when requesting the / URI; and (3) append arbitrary data to a file via a .. (dot dot) in an account name, when requesting a URI composed of a "/?%0a" sequence followed by the data.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 3581 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Log Arbitrary File/Directory Manipulation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-log.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- hfs-unspecified-command-execution(39873) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0415 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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