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CVE-2008-0405

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 3.07%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-01-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2008-0405
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
3.07%

Original NVD Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allow remote attackers to create arbitrary (1) files and (2) directories via a .. (dot dot) in an account name, when requesting the / URI; and (3) append arbitrary data to a file via a .. (dot dot) in an account name, when requesting a URI composed of a "/?%0a" sequence followed by the data.