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CVE-2008-0408

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0408 describes a vulnerability in HTTP File Server (HFS) versions prior to 2.2c, allowing remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the server's log file. This is achieved by injecting base64-encoded text during HTTP Basic Authentication. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hfs:http_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/28631
securityreason.com / securityalert/3582
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39876
rejetto.com / hfs
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486874/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27423
syhunt.com / advisories/hfs-1-username.txt
syhunt.com / advisories/hfshack.txt