CVE-2008-0405
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0415)
- Published
- January 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0415 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hfs / http file server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28631(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581
- http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-log.txt
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39873
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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