CVE-2008-0408
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0418)
- 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-2008-0418 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
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3582
- http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn(Exploit)
- 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
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39876
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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