MEDIUM
viewvc: sensitive information disclosure
Published Mar 24, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.37%
Description
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.
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.37% 0.01370
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01370
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 70.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 68.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.55% (0.00545) | 65.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00705) | 81.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00588) | 78.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00559) | 77.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.55% (0.00549) | 77.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00507) | 75.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00507) | 72.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29176 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29460 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1291 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438855 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1291
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1291
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29176 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29460 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1291 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438855 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1291 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1291 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 24, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 12, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1291
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a