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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-rwvj-tq6x-2ubs |
| Aliases |
CVE-2008-2938
GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2 |
| Summary | 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 traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 2.0 |
| Weighted Severity | 6.2 |
| Risk | 10.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Data source | Exploit-DB |
|---|---|
| Date added | July 28, 2010 |
| Description | Apache Tomcat < 6.0.18 - 'utf8' Directory Traversal |
| Ransomware campaign use | Known |
| Source publication date | July 28, 2010 |
| Exploit type | remote |
| Platform | unix |
| Source update date | March 30, 2017 |
| Data source | Metasploit |
|---|---|
| Description | This module tests whether a directory traversal vulnerability is present in Trend Micro DLP (Data Loss Prevention) Appliance v5.5 build <= 1294. The vulnerability appears to be actually caused by the Tomcat UTF-8 bug which is implemented in module tomcat_utf8_traversal CVE 2008-2938. This module simply tests for the same bug with Trend Micro specific settings. Note that in the Trend Micro appliance, /etc/shadow is not used and therefore password hashes are stored and anonymously accessible in the passwd file. |
| Note | Stability: - crash-safe SideEffects: - ioc-in-logs Reliability: [] |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
| Source publication date | Jan. 9, 2009 |
| Source URL | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/trendmicro_dlp_traversal.rb |
| Exploitability (E) | Access Vector (AV) | Access Complexity (AC) | Authentication (Au) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
high functional unproven proof_of_concept not_defined |
local adjacent_network network |
high medium low |
multiple single none |
none partial complete |
none partial complete |
none partial complete |
| Percentile | 0.9975 |
| EPSS Score | 0.92704 |
| Published At | April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01T12:38:15.903904+00:00 | ProjectKB MSRImporter | Import | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/project-kb/master/MSR2019/dataset/vulas_db_msr2019_release.csv | 38.0.0 |