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High severity · published Jun 16, 2025
CVE-2025-49124
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows
8.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 through 9.0.105. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
9.0.23 before 9.0.106; 10.1.0 before 10.1.42; 11.0.0 before 11.0.8 · source: NVD
Affected product
TO
Tomcat
Apache
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49124
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49124
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3
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