Medium severity · published Feb 25, 2016
CVE-2015-5174
Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass…
4.3
CVSS
12.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
6.0.0; 6.0.0; 6.0.1; 6.0.1; 6.0.2; 6.0.2; +34 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5174
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5174
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00082.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135883/Apache-Tomcat-Limited-Directory-Traversal.html
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