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CVE-2008-0407

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

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.

Affected products

• Hfs Http File Server: through 2.2b

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28631
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3582
• http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
• 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/39877
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28631
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3582
• http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486874/100/0/threaded

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