CVE-2008-1291
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
ViewVC before 1.0.5 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read files and list folders under the hidden CVSROOT folder.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1298)
- Published
- March 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1298 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / linux
- redhat / fedora
- redhat / fedora
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29176(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29460(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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