# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgfm-c2w9-5xf5

## 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 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0407?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0405/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0408](https://insights.sbomify.com/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 (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2008-0406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0406/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2008-0410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0410/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2008-0409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0409/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-0407 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0407 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0407/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0407/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0407
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0407
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0407

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