CVE-2008-1270

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

mod_userdir in lighttpd 1.4.18 and earlier, when userdir.path is not set, uses a default of $HOME, which might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody directory.

Affected products

lighttpd: through 1.4.18

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29318
http://secunia.com/advisories/29403
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
http://secunia.com/advisories/29636
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521
http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded

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