01 Record
CVE-2008-0406
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long account name.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long account name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-01-28 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a4dd7d5f8996f48fd5d18025086b053391ba7440fcf173cc421d5f9bd8973980
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.rejetto.comhttp://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhfs-filename-dos(39875)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39875
- www.securityfocus.com27423http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423
- securityreason.com3581http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581
- www.securityfocus.com20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Log Arbitrary File/Directory Manipulation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100/0/threaded
- www.syhunt.comhttp://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
- www.syhunt.comhttp://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-log.txt
- secunia.com28631http://secunia.com/advisories/28631