Security Advisory

CVE-2008-1270

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2008-03-10 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 08:17:34
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.