Path Traversal in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2009-2902

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 delete work-directory files via directory traversal sequences in a WAR filename, as demonstrated by the ...war filename.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.108 (95.4th 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