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CVE-2008-1291

Date: March 24, 2008

ViewVC before 1.0.5 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read files and list folders under the hidden CVSROOT folder.

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29176
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-1291
http://secunia.com/advisories/29460
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1291
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-1291

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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