UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9484

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9484

    Published: 20 May 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserialized; and d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over; then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able to trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for the attack to succeed.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat7

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16+esm1

    Affected versions

    7.0.42-1
    7.0.47-1
    7.0.50-1
    7.0.52-1
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.9
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.11
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.13
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.14
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.15
    7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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