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CVE-2008-0408

HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log...

6.4 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.71%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.4

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.

Record
CVE-2008-0408
CVSS 2.0
6.4 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-0408
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-0418 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-0418
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pggf-4mfg-vr7g No score

HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log...

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.

Record
GHSA-pggf-4mfg-vr7g
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-2008-0408 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) 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 1.71%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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