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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

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.

Severity
5.0 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.57%EPSS, 75th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.0

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 ListNo 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-2008-0417No 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-c2w9-5xf5No 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

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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