viewvc: sensitive information disclosure
Published Mar 24, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.37%
Description
ViewVC before 1.0.5 provides revision metadata without properly checking whether access was intended, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) forbidden pathnames in the revision view, (2) log history that can only be reached by traversing a forbidden object, or (3) forbidden diff view path parameters.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 2, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 70.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 68.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.59% (0.00592) | 67.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00840) | 82.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00743) | 81.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.71% (0.00706) | 80.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00693) | 79.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00640) | 78.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00640) | 76.01th | 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) |
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-2008-1292 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438856 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1292
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1292
| 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-2008-1292 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438856 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1292 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1292 |
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