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Vulnerability details: VCID-xu51-tkfm-57am
Vulnerability ID VCID-xu51-tkfm-57am
Aliases CVE-2002-0493
GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5
Summary Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
System Score Found at
generic_textual HIGH http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101709002410365&w=2
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
epss 0.0144 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
apache_tomcat Moderate https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0493
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/tomcat
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0493
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0493
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20020903071650/http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php
Reference id Reference type URL
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101709002410365&w=2
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0493
https://github.com/apache/tomcat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://web.archive.org/web/20020903071650/http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php
http://www.apachelabs.org/tomcat-dev/200108.mbox/%3C20010810000819.6350.qmail%40icarus.apache.org%3E
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2002-0493 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0493
CVE-2002-0493 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0493
GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0493
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.80662
EPSS Score 0.0144
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:38:20.720721+00:00 Apache Tomcat Importer Import https://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html 38.0.0