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CVE-2008-1291

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1291 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in ViewVC versions prior to 1.0.5, affecting various Linux distributions including Gentoo and Red Hat. The flaw allows remote attackers to read sensitive files and list directories within the hidden CVSROOT folder due to insufficient access control. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1291

viewvc: sensitive information disclosure

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/29176
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29460
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
viewvc.tigris.org / source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES
securityfocus.com / bid/28055
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0734/references