CVE-2008-0407
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during HTTP Basic Authentication, regardless of whether authentication succeeded, which might make it more difficult for an administrator to determine who made a remote request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0417)
- 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-2008-0417 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/3582
- http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486874/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-username.txt
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39877
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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