CVE-2008-1270

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.119 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

11.9% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-31396Lighttpd 1.4.x - mod_userdir Information Disclosurefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
lighttpd lighttpd≤ 1.4.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-03-10modified 2026-06-16

related (19,397)

Related entries.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-20133US	high7.5OT critical	31.5% (98th)	KEV	2026-02-25
A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information on an affected system. This vulnerability is due…
CVE-2026-20128US	—OT critical	7.32% (94th)	KEV	2026-02-25
A vulnerability in the Data Collection Agent (DCA) feature of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain DCA user privileges on an affect…
CVE-2026-20122US	medium5.4OT critical	25.8% (98th)	KEV	2026-02-25
A vulnerability in the API of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local file system. To exploit this vul…
CVE-2025-68686US	—OT critical	29.5% (98th)	KEV	2026-02-10
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability [CWE-200] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.…
CVE-2026-20805US	—OT critical	7.46% (94th)	KEV	2026-01-13
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Desktop Windows Manager allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

+19392 more

references (34)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

scry

Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.

Free scan