Path Traversal in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2007-5461

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.397 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Apache Tomcat — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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