Auth bypass in Hfs HTTP File Server
CVE-2008-0410
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to obtain configuration and usage details by using an id element such as <id>%version%</id> in HTTP Basic Authentication instead of a username and password, as demonstrated by placing this id element in the userinfo subcomponent of a URL.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-template.txt
- www.rejetto.com/hfs/ (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39871 (vdb-entry)
- www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3583 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28631 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486872/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)