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TI-2008-00380 Aliases CVE-2008-0405GHSA-fjph-hqxw-hjp5

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when…

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0307 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hfs:http_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2bVulnerableHfs
  • cpe:2.3:a:hfs:http_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2b Vulnerable ·Hfs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0405
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fjph-hqxw-hjp5

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2008-00383 HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to append arbitrary text to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2008-00381 HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-00385 HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows remote attackers to obtain configuration and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-00382 HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-00384 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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