National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0405
Original release date:01/29/2008
Last revised:09/16/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: hfs-unspecified-command-execution(39873)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
External Source: BID
Name: 27423
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Log Arbitrary File/Directory Manipulation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28631
Type: Advisory
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3581
