Vulnerability CVE-2008-0408
Published: 2008-01-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to the log file by using the base64 representation of this text during HTTP Basic Authentication.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
HFS (HTTP File Server) Username Spoofing and Log Forging/Injection Vulnerability
Felipe M. Aragon
29.01.2008

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
HFS -> Http file server 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3582
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486874/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39876
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