CVE-2008-0408

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% 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 allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log file by using the base64 representation of this text during HTTP Basic Authentication.

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/39876
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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