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CVE-2008-1270

N/A

Description

mod_userdir in lighttpd 1.4.18 and earlier, when userdir.path is not set, uses a default of $HOME, which might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody directory.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published3/10/2008
Last Modified4/23/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

lighttpd:lighttpd

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29318(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29403(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29636(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28226(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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