CVE-2007-5461

Aliases:GHSA-v5p2-vg3c-pmrr
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 15 Oct 2007, 18:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 15:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
3.5 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
6.5% LOW
7% probability +0.24%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Oct 2007, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 15:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that specifies an entity with a SYSTEM tag.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 6.50%• Percentile: 91%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-22•Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Tomcat

    4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.10 | 4.1.11 | 4.1.12 | 4.1.13 | 4.1.14 | 4.1.15 | 4.1.16 | 4.1.17 | 4.1.18 | 4.1.19 | 4.1.20 | 4.1.21 | 4.1.22 | 4.1.23 | 4.1.24 | 4.1.25 | 4.1.26 | 4.1.27 | 4.1.28 | 4.1.29 | 4.1.30 | 4.1.31 | 4.1.32 | 4.1.33 | 4.1.34 | 4.1.35 | 4.1.36

  • org.apache.tomcat•tomcat

    ≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.6 | ≥ 5.5.0, ≤ 5.5.25 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.14

References (84)