Vulnerability CVE-2008-0405


Published: 2008-01-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
HFS (HTTP File Server) Log Arbitrary File/Directory Manipulation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities
Felipe M. Aragon
29.01.2008

Type:

CWE-22

(Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
HFS -> Http file server 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39873

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