Vulnerability in N/a
CVE-2008-2938
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory travers…
EPSS: 0.927 (99.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- 37297 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- RHSA-2008:0862 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- ADV-2008-2823 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- 31982 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- 31681 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- 32120 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- VU#343355 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- tomcat-allowlinking-utf8-directory-traversal(44411) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- 31865 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2938?
- CVE-2008-2938 is a vulnerability in N/a. Published 2008-08-13.
- Is CVE-2008-2938 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.