CVE-2008-0407 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can spoof usernames in HTTP Basic Auth logs, misleading administrators about the source of remote requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0407?
CVE-2008-0407 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during HTTP Basic Authentication, regardless of whether authentication succeeded, which might make it more difficult for an administrator to determine who made a remote request.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0407?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hfs Http File Server.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0407?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0407 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-0407 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0407 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2008-0405 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2008-0408 HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log file by using the base64 representation of th
- CVE-2008-0406 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2008-0410 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2008-0409 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgfm-c2w9-5xf5.