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CVE-2008-0405 Details

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allow remote attackers to create arbitrary (1) files and (2) directories via a .. (dot dot) in an account name, when requesting the / URI; and (3) append arbitrary data to a file via a .. (dot dot) in an account name, when requesting a URI composed of a "/?%0a" sequence followed by the data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28631	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39873	CVE
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423	CVE
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-log.txt	CVE
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28631	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39873	[email protected]
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423	[email protected]
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-log.txt	[email protected]
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt	[email protected]	Exploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
hfs http file server	<= 2.2b
CPE cpe:2.3:a:hfs:http_file_server:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 29, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]