{"cve":"CVE-2008-0405","nvd":{"published":"2008-01-29T00:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:49:33.060","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/28631","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"],"products":["hfs:http_file_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0405","score":0.0307,"percentile":0.87647,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}