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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0415 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-07T07:46:54.267Z

Reserved: 2008-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0405

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-01-29T00:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0405

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