Path Traversal in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2009-2693

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.096 (95.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Apache Tomcat — versions 5.5.26, 6.0.15, 5.5.23
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References