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CVE-2008-0410
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to obtain configuration and usage details by using an id element such as…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% 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 obtain configuration and usage details by using an id element such as <id>%version%</id> in HTTP Basic Authentication instead of a username and password, as demonstrated by placing this id element in the userinfo subcomponent of a URL.
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% 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 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-template.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- hfs-sendhfsidentifier-info-disclosure(39871) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3583 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 28631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Template Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-0420 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0410)Record last updated .