4.3

CVE-2015-5174: apache tomcat

Modified
AliasesRHBA-2016:0090UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174GHSA-6qr6-x7jm-x2q6
Published 25-02-2016Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5174 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 12.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
12.55%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 6
DLA-435-1DSA-3530-1DSA-3552-1DSA-3609-1MGASA-2016-0090OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10446-1

Timeline

  1. 25-02-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

12.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 12.55% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat11 products
  • tomcat7< 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el6 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el7
  • tomcat7-admin-webapps< 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el6 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el7
  • tomcat7-docs-webapp< 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el6 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el7
  • tomcat7-el-2.2-api< 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el6 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el7
  • tomcat7-javadoc< 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el6 | < 0:7.0.54-21_patch_05.ep6.el7
Ubuntu2 products
  • tomcat6< 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1
  • tomcat7< 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6
Apache1 product
  • tomcatEOL6.0.0 | 6.0.0:alpha | 6.0.1 | 6.0.1:alpha | 6.0.2 | 6.0.2:alpha | 6.0.2:beta | 6.0.4 | 6.0.4:alpha | 6.0.10 | 6.0.11 | 6.0.13 | 6.0.14 | 6.0.16 | 6.0.18 | 6.0.20 | 6.0.24 | 6.0.26 | 6.0.28 | 6.0.29 | 6.0.30 | 6.0.32 | 6.0.33 | 6.0.35 | 6.0.36 | 6.0.37 | 6.0.39 | 6.0.41 | 6.0.43 | 6.0.44 | 7.0.0:beta | 7.0.2:beta | 7.0.4:beta | 7.0.5:beta | 7.0.6 | 7.0.10 | 7.0.11 | 7.0.12 | 7.0.14 | 7.0.16 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.20 | 7.0.21 | 7.0.22 | 7.0.23 | 7.0.25 | 7.0.26 | 7.0.27 | 7.0.28 | 7.0.29 | 7.0.30 | 7.0.32 | 7.0.33 | 7.0.34 | 7.0.35 | 7.0.37 | 7.0.39 | 7.0.40 | 7.0.41 | 7.0.42 | 7.0.47 | 7.0.50 | 7.0.52 | 7.0.53 | 7.0.54 | 7.0.55 | 7.0.56 | 7.0.57 | 7.0.59 | 7.0.61 | 7.0.62 | 7.0.63 | 7.0.64 | 8.0.0:rc1 | 8.0.0:rc10 | 8.0.0:rc3 | 8.0.0:rc5 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.11 | 8.0.12 | 8.0.14 | 8.0.15 | 8.0.17 | 8.0.18 | 8.0.20 | 8.0.21 | 8.0.22 | 8.0.23 | 8.0.24 | 8.0.26
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat≥ 8.0.0-RC1, < 8.0.27 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.65 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.45

6 vendors · 17 products

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