MEDIUM
lighttpd considers empty directory string to be CWD
Published Mar 10, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.90%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
11.90% 0.11900
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11900
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.90% (0.11900) | 95.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.90% (0.11900) | 95.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 8.82% (0.08817) | 92.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 28, 2025 | 6.28% (0.06276) | 90.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.42% (0.08424) | 91.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.33% (0.14327) | 90.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.42% (0.08424) | 91.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 12, 2025 | 10.04% (0.10040) | 94.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.80% (0.08802) | 94.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.52% (0.02516) | 90.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2024 | 2.26% (0.02259) | 89.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 2.39% (0.02386) | 89.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 2.76% (0.02759) | 89.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.80% (0.02804) | 89.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29318 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29403 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28226 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0885/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1270 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437037 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41173 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1270
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1270
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 10, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1270
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a