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CVE-2008-0408
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log file by using the base64 representation of…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log file by using the base64 representation of this text during HTTP Basic Authentication.
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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- hfs-unspecified-log-injection(39876) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Username Spoofing and Log Forging/Injection Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 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
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-username.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2008-0418 (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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