Information disclosure in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2007-5333
Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.626 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.626 · newest: 0.626 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690 (URL Repurposed, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33330 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/30676 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27706 (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3636 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- jvn.jp/jp/JVN#09470767/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references (URL Repurposed, vdb-entry)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)