CVE-2015-5174

MEDIUM4.3EPSS 4.8%

tomcat6 - security update

Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 3/9/2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.

Affected packages (4)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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