Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2002-0493
Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.apachelabs.org/tomcat-dev/200108.mbox/<20010810000819.6350.qmail@icarus.apa…
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eac… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-0493?
- CVE-2002-0493 is a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under CWE-254. Published 2002-08-12.
- Is CVE-2002-0493 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.