CVE-2009-0580

Aliases:GHSA-w227-xcfx-3pj8
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 05 Jun 2009, 15:25
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 04:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
45/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
88.17% CRITICAL
88% probability +3.72%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Jun 2009, 15:25
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 04:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 88.17%• Percentile: 100%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Tomcat

    4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.3:beta | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.9:beta | 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 | 4.1.37 | 4.1.38 | 4.1.39 | 5.5.0 | 5.5.1 | 5.5.2 | 5.5.3 | 5.5.4 | 5.5.5 | 5.5.6 | 5.5.7 | 5.5.8 | 5.5.9 | 5.5.10 | 5.5.11 | 5.5.12 | 5.5.13 | 5.5.14 | 5.5.15 | 5.5.16 | 5.5.17 | 5.5.18 | 5.5.19 | 5.5.20 | 5.5.21 | 5.5.22 | 5.5.23 | 5.5.24 | 5.5.25 | 5.5.26 | 5.5.27 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4 | 6.0.5 | 6.0.6 | 6.0.7 | 6.0.8 | 6.0.9 | 6.0.10 | 6.0.11 | 6.0.12 | 6.0.13 | 6.0.14 | 6.0.15 | 6.0.16

  • org.apache.tomcat•tomcat

    ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.40 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.5.28 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.19

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