CVE-2008-1291

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

ViewVC before 1.0.5 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read files and list folders under the hidden CVSROOT folder.

Affected products

viewvc: 1.0.2, 1.0.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
http://secunia.com/advisories/29176
http://secunia.com/advisories/29460
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
http://secunia.com/advisories/29176
http://secunia.com/advisories/29460

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