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    CVE-2009-2693

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

    Published:Jan 24, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 28, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.15322
    CVSS Score:5.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Certificate System
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Web Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Application Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38316
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38346
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38541
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38687
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40330
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40813
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43310
    http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1023505
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
    http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
    http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55855
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19355
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7017
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38316
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38346
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38541
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38687
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40330
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40813
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43310
    http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1023505
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
    http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
    http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55855
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19355
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7017

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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