01 Record
CVE-2008-1291
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
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
- 1.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.6% 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
- 2008-03-24 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5ec10b9fa9e23d89078f13d411d2d1a2a668471bd53b5eb7dbcc96c53a045adc
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-29http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
- secunia.com29460http://secunia.com/advisories/29460
- secunia.com29176http://secunia.com/advisories/29176
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0734http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references
- www.securityfocus.com28055http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
- viewvc.tigris.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD