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CVE-2008-0407

HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during...

5.0 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.57%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2008-0407
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-0407
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-0417 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-0417
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hgfm-c2w9-5xf5 No score

HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during...

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.

Record
GHSA-hgfm-c2w9-5xf5
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-0407 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Hfs Http File Server, published January 28, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.57%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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