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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2007-5461
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2007-5461
Aliases CVE-2007-5461
GHSA-v5p2-vg3c-pmrr
Summary Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that specifies an entity with a SYSTEM tag.
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 (4)
Reference id Reference type URL
http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/10/18/potential-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat-webdav-servlet.html
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3549
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200710.mbox/%3C47135C2D.1000705@apache.org%3E
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119239530508382
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37243
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00525.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1447
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1453
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
CVE-2007-5461 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5461
GHSA-v5p2-vg3c-pmrr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5p2-vg3c-pmrr
RHSA-2008-0042.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0042.html
RHSA-2008-0195.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0195.html
RHSA-2008-0862.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Oct. 20, 2007
Description Apache Tomcat - WebDAV SSL Remote File Disclosure
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Oct. 21, 2007
Exploit type remote
Platform linux
Source update date Dec. 14, 2016

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2007-5461.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

There are no SSVC decisions available.