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CVE-2007-0450 Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal

MediumCVSS 5.0 EPSS 91.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Apache HTTP Server All versions No fix listed
apache tomcat >= 5.0.0, < 5.5.22 5.5.22
apache tomcat >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.10 6.0.10
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat(Maven) >= 5.0, < 5.5.22 5.5.22
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat(Maven) >= 6.0, < 6.0.10 6.0.10

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