| Advisory ID | vulnrichment/CVE-2017-12615 |
| Aliases | |
| Summary | When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was 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 | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 0.0 |
| Risk | |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1 | 8.1 | |
| ssvc | Attend |
| 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. | |
| 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
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{'Automatable': 'no'},
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{'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
{'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
{'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]