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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2017-12615
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2017-12615
Aliases CVE-2017-12615
Summary Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type When running Apache Tomcat on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2017-12615.yml
cvssv3 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2017-12615.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12615
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100901
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039392
Data source KEV
Date added March 25, 2022
Description When running Apache Tomcat on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
Required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Due date April 15, 2022
Note 
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12615
Ransomware campaign use Known
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Oct. 4, 2017
Description Apache Tomcat < 9.0.1 (Beta) / < 8.5.23 / < 8.0.47 / < 7.0.8 - JSP Upload Bypass / Remote Code Execution (1)
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Sept. 20, 2017
Exploit type webapps
Platform windows
Source update date Oct. 4, 2017
Source URL https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61542#c0

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2017-12615.yml
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
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2017-12615.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-02-06T20:59:29Z/

Decision: Attend

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2017/12xxx/CVE-2017-12615.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2017-12615

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]